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[Rocktuna]

Hi All

I'm an old time Saltwater keeper who's been out of it for about 10 years. Couple weeks ago I bought a used 75 gallon setup. Man what a mess, the guy never cleaned it.
So after a lot of elbow grease and collecting up some plumbing parts I'm bout ready to assemble this rig.

One question
With the tank I got a pile (bout 50 lbs) of old rock (formerly live) that had been sitting outside for a couple years. It's bleached out nicely from the sun. Should I do anything to it other than rinse it off before I put it in the tank. I'm going to buy live rock and let it seed the dead stuff

Lighting questions to follow when I get the coin.

Later
Ron

[Bifferwine]

Hi and welcome!

About the rock, I'd just rinse it off, I think it'd be fine. Others may tell you to boil it or soak it in bleach (and then treat it with a dechlorinator) but I don't think that's really necessary.

[daugherty]

i would just rinse it i have 100 pounds of rock sitting in my garage and that is all i do when i want to use some.

[hibye]

u can just spray the rock with the hose then let it sit in sun for about 3-4 days

[Rocktuna]

Thanks for the input

That was my thoughts also but my wife (who shows no interest in the hobby) felt I should bleach it and rinse it and de-chlorinate it.

Broke a plastic fitting on the sump so off to Home Depot tomorrow before I can get it set up.

[RyanG]

Welcome to the reef

[Marke86]

Lets see some pics boss man. Yah my old lady just likes the fish but all my friends check it out before they crack open a beer when they come over.
Welcome to the reef!

[reeffreak]

Welcome to the site!

[Altohombre]

welcome

[sen5241b]

There's a whole debate on brushing rock. I would think that if you see something visible on the rock that you don't want on there, like algae, you can brush it off. You probably just need to rinse your rock off good and combine it with LR.