Dremeled Tonga Branch vs GHA...Suggestions on Next Step?

[DHill6]

Ongoing dilemma and decided to nip it in the bud...Alright, I couldn't take the mess of GHA anymore and the smell of tank from this. Tonga branch was covered in GHA so I removed it, using a dremel and wheel removed everything that could be seen, into the top portion of branch. I put it into a bucket of nsw and what did I see, small light green patches that were still into the branch, looked like green dye. Next step I decided to rescape the branch going horizontal not vertical as the corals were too hard to place. It's now in the workshop letting the rod and glue dry before moving on to the base structure. In the end I'll take marco cement and fill the connecting areas, no more wiggling structure. Since the rock will be dry what is the next step to avoid the nasty GHA? Place in nsw for weeks with a bacterial additive, then try to seed with coraline? Acid dip then new bucket? Thoughts anyone?
[Algae battle has been posted prior with descriptions.]

 

[RJinPV]

If you want to sterilize it then I would use a bleach solution before acid. Acid will eat away parts of your rock. Bleach it, rinse it well a couple of times, soak it in a bucket with a water conditioner/chlorine remover, then let it air dry a few days. There are probably threads in R2R where you can see what other people have done to sterilize live rock into dead rock

 

[elwallacejr]

If you want to sterilize it then I would use a bleach solution before acid. Acid will eat away parts of your rock. Bleach it, rinse it well a couple of times, soak it in a bucket with a water conditioner/chlorine remover, then let it air dry a few days. There are probably threads in R2R where you can see what other people have done to sterilize live rock into dead rock

Agree with RJinPV on this. Bleach it and follow the above. However - Just do this outside. I tried bleaching a 5g bucket of rock this winter in the garage just below a half way open window and the fumes still made it into the house. I nuked the bleach with a bottle of prime and will be redoing it (along with another 150 lbs in a 50g brute) in a few weeks. This time it will be outside and away from the house.

 

[DHill6]

After reading through quite a bit, it's going to be a bleach situation. Thanks for above replies.

 

[DHill6]

No acid, also watched the BRS video on bleaching.

 

[DHill6]

Update...bleached for a week, rinsed and sun dried for 5 days. Reintroduced into tank, no adverse effects and no green as of yet. Tank has floating pink and purple coralline since I turned the whites down. Pics are of new scape, strong and won’t tip. Has to be easier for coral placement going horizontally than vertical. Front and side views. Room for mandarin, urchin, snails underneath. Tonga branch, Jurassic glue and emarco cement.