SCTLD concerns with live rock

[SinkyShippy]

I'm going to be combining my 22 and 32 into a 75 gallon shortly and was thinking about adding a couple pounds of liverock from usliverock.com. My friend brought to my attention concerns about SCTLD when using live rock. Is the risk vs reward too great to get a couple pounds of live rock? I really was just thinking about getting it so I can incorporate some of the natural biodiversity but if it's going to nuke my tank before it even begins, I'm not sure it's worth it.

Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease (SCTLD) - Coral Disease & Health Consortium

Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease (SCTLD) Stony coral tissue loss disease (SCTLD) is a highly lethal coral disease that was first reported off the coast of Florida in 2014 and has since spread rapidly throughout the Caribbean. The disease affects over 20 coral species and is now present on reefs...

cdhc.noaa.gov

 

[Uncle99]

Live rock.
Never know exactly what lives in that.
Maybe nothing, maybe not.
Me, I take no risk whatsoever.

 

[BrianReefer]

I think the concerns are legit. SCTLD wiped out my 8 year old high end SPS tank, diagnose confirmed with Aquabiomics testing. I don’t know my source as I acquired tons of corals over the years from many sources, but I’d be super cautious with Florida reef rock…

 

[SinkyShippy]

I think the concerns are legit. SCTLD wiped out my 8 year old high end SPS tank, diagnose confirmed with Aquabiomics testing. I don’t know my source as I acquired tons of corals over the years from many sources, but I’d be super cautious with Florida reef rock…

ooof. understood. i will avoid it then and just stick with the dry rock. it's unfortunate but not worth the risk.

 

[386reeftrader]

Reefers have used LR from the ocean for decades with no issues. It would be the absolute last of my worries, and the benefits of natural LR heavily outweigh the risks, IME

 

[BrianReefer]

Agree but this was before SCTLD started destroying Florida reefs and making their way into our hobby, with no resolution known yet (antibiotics work, but in no known safe dose yet to kill SCTLD without killing the corals). Until my 8+ year old tank succumbed to SCTLD I would have agreed with you, but no longer!