Nitro069
08/11/2011, 07:56 PM
i received some live rock about 2 weeks ago and haven't had time to install in my tank. i assume that after 2 weeks the rock will be mostly "dead" sitting in a pail of water. I am also not real sure about the condition of the tank that the rock came out of. I am thinking about running the live rock through a couple sterilize cycles in my dishwasher(there is no soap and there hasn't been any kind of jet dry like stuff in there for over a year). I was wondering your thoughts on doing this. the way i see it, i will basically create base rock that i can put in my tank without having to cycle it because all the die off will be gone and there will be nothing living on it to cycle.