Live Rock still alive

[jlschweda1971]

I had some prices of live rock in my QT. When I obtained a larger QT I left the live rock in the old tank. It was covered with water, but no water movement at all. My question now is what can I do with the rock now? Can I just put it back in my DT or in my QT?

Thanks for all help!

[bnumair]

if there was no movement and temp was not kept in 76-84f range then its probably dead rock. if its just a few small pieces u can rinse them in ro water to get as much die-off of it and then add it to dt slowly 1 piece at a time over weeks.

NOTE: was this rock ever exposed to meds that contain copper? if so then no this cannot goto reef tank.

[b0bab0ey]

Some concerns: How long has it been without any water movement? How long since a fish was last present in that QT? Did that last fish have any diseases, and if so, did you treat in that QT? Exactly how did you treat?

[jlschweda1971]

The rock has been like that for about a week. It was housing a pair of clowns and no medications were ever introduced into the tank.

[wooden_reefer]

The rock has been like that for about a week. It was housing a pair of clowns and no medications were ever introduced into the tank.

A week is a very short period of time.

[Jooce01]

I think it would be fine for a week. I think most people were under the impression you were talking about months.