atony4688
Reefing newb
Hello, I am just getting into the hobby and have 4-5 gallon buckets that when the previous owner disassembled his tank he put his live rock into. here is a pick of what i found in one bucket. surprisingly the water they were in was crystal clear and there was no smell at all. my intent was to use these rocks as dead rock and seed them with new live. i was told to soak them in freshwater, scrub them with a brush and let them dry out in the sun before i used them. my concern is that the previous owner had bristle worms. judging from the rock, alot of bristle worms. they really had like raw ramen noodles, and they break off if you scrub or scrape them but i know i will never get them out of the center of the rocks. if i use these will they eventually come back or are they dead for good from being in these buckets for 5 years. please let me know your thoughts. i would like to use them if i will not put my tank at risk.
