Sterilizing Rocks from a Tank With Velvet

[livinlifeinBKK]

Hi everyone, I have a tank with velvet and am cycling a new tank...I have some really nice rocks covered in coralline that are in the infected tank and I would like to use a couple pieces for my new tank...How can I sterilize them without bleaching the color of the coralline? I was thinking about using an autoclave because everything dies if it gets hot enough. This should do the trick, right? BTW, the pieces aren't very large.

 

[blaxsun]

Are there any fish in the infected tank?

 

[livinlifeinBKK]

Are there any fish in the infected tank?

just coral and inverts

 

[blaxsun]

just coral and inverts

Why not just go fallow?

Fallow periods: Going Fishless

Please see this updated information on fallow periods: https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/45-day-fallow-periods.805213/ Jay Hemdal 7/13/2023 The reason to go fallow (fishless) is to eliminate a fish disease from your DT (display tank). Going fallow works because you are denying the disease a...

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[livinlifeinBKK]

Why not just go fallow?

Fallow periods: Going Fishless

Please see this updated information on fallow periods: https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/45-day-fallow-periods.805213/ Jay Hemdal 7/13/2023 The reason to go fallow (fishless) is to eliminate a fish disease from your DT (display tank). Going fallow works because you are denying the disease a...

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That's what I'm gonna do...I would really like to use a few of the rocks in there in the new tank I'm setting up. I don't want to contaminate the new tank with those rocks.

 

[livinlifeinBKK]

That's what I'm gonna do...I would really like to use a few of the rocks in there in the new tank I'm setting up. I don't want to contaminate the new tank with those rocks.

I was trying to go ahead and set up the new tank without waiting out the other tank's fallow period.

 

[blaxsun]

I was trying to go ahead and set up the new tank without waiting out the other tank's fallow period.

Well, technically if you don't put anything in the new tank (except for the rock) for the fallow period that should also work.

 

[livinlifeinBKK]

Well, technically if you don't put anything in the new tank (except for the rock) for the fallow period that should also work.

Maybe that's the best way...just takes a little patience...I'd hate to buy the first fish for the new tank and have it get infected.

 

[blaxsun]

Maybe that's the best way...just takes a little patience...I'd hate to buy the first fish for the new tank and have it get infected.

It's a guaranteed method if you wait the full duration, and then you also gain the benefit of the rock being populated with beneficial bacteria as well (with enough rock you can effectively insta-cycle the new tank).

 

[adittam]

If you’re able to keep the temp at 81 degrees, 45 days fallow is sufficient.

45 Day Fallow periods

I've been doing some research into the "76 day fallow period". I never heard of that prior to coming to Reef2Reef this past summer. I had always used 32 days as the maximum time for a tomont to remain viable under tropical conditions, and then I would round up to 45 days to help ensure that...

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