Reusing live rock from current tank

JACKS REEF · Jul 30, 2020

Okay so currently I have a 30 gallon tank that has little live rock in it. Also I have another 55 gallon tank that has tons of live rock. But in that tank I am bay taking cyano bacteria and green hair algae. Can I just take the rock out of that tank and use it in my other tank or do I need to use bleach and clear out the rock of all the bad things in the previous tank.

laverda · Jul 30, 2020

If it was dry rock that is less than 9 months old I would not use it. I would use the rock from the smaller tank and try to find some other live rock.

tehmadreefer · Jul 30, 2020

JACKS REEF said:
Okay so currently I have a 30 gallon tank that has little live rock in it. Also I have another 55 gallon tank that has tons of live rock. But in that tank I am bay taking cyano bacteria and green hair algae. Can I just take the rock out of that tank and use it in my other tank or do I need to use bleach and clear out the rock of all the bad things in the previous tank.

Well once it’s bleached, it’s nothing more than dry rock... if your having issues, I certainly wouldn’t transfer a problem to a new tank.

JACKS REEF · Jul 31, 2020

tehmadreefer said:
Well once it’s bleached, it’s nothing more than dry rock... if your having issues, I certainly wouldn’t transfer a problem to a new tank.

Okay so if I bleach the rock it basically becomes dry rock. If I put dry rock in a established tank will it be bad or even cause more problems like algae?

Mandrew559 · Jul 31, 2020

Scrub it all off before transferring bud

Hugh Mann · Jul 31, 2020

Just give it a good rinse, scrub and rinse again and you should be alright.

fishguy242 · Jul 31, 2020

agree scrub in saltwater,swish n rinse in saltwater put in tank ,it will help filter,i remember thread the other day!!

fishguy242 · Jul 31, 2020

Hugh Mann said:
Just give it a good rinse, scrub and rinse again and you should be alright.

hah ,i'm a second too slow

JACKS REEF · Jul 31, 2020

fishguy242 said:
hah ,i'm a second too slow

Okay well I didn’t quit that’s at least

JACKS REEF · Jul 31, 2020

Hugh Mann said:
Just give it a good rinse, scrub and rinse again and you should be alright.

So just scrub off the algae from the other tank and place it in

JACKS REEF · Jul 31, 2020

fishguy242 said:
agree scrub in saltwater,swish n rinse in saltwater put in tank ,it will help filter,i remember thread the other day!!

Hey just added the live rock from my other tank into my tank it looks pretty good I scrubbed off the algae from the live rock and it looks pretty good.