Should I reuse my rock?

[Jake029]

I'm upgrading my 10 gallon reef to a 40 gallon reef. I bought 30 pounds of dry marco rock which is cycling in the 40 gallon reef and I expect the cycle to be down in about a week.

Should I add the rock I have in my 10 gallon reef to the sump of my new tank? I plan to move over my corals and fish once the cycle in the 40 gallon is done. It's just 2 clowns and a blenny and a shrimp plus some corals like zoas and torches, hammers, frogspawn and some mushrooms. Nothing is crazy sensitive.

I'm worried about bringing pests into the new tank if I move over the tank. I have some bubble algae, hair algae, aiptasia, bristleworm, and sponges. Nothing is out of control and I think sponges and the worm is good anyways.

What should I do?

 

[flooddc]

Unless you’re going to QT your corals and make sure they are pest free, then reusing the rocks is just the same as you moving the coral to the new tank. The existing pests will hitchhike from the corals.

 

[vetteguy53081]

You can add them to bucket with coral Dip to assure absence of pests and re-introduce to new tank. If Very leery, place in very warm freshwater and see what pops off the rock. Then dip and return to seawater (not tank yet to allow to re-seed) then place in tank