What to do with dry live rock?

[DesertReefT4r]

I just was given around 50 lbs of dry live rock. Its some pretty nice stuff a mix of tonga branch and pukani. It was my brothers when he had a tank up and I helped him get most of it. His tank was taken down about 7 years ago and the rock has been stored dry in a garage. What should I do with it? I could just leave it for now since I have no need for it, I am going to cook and cure some of the smaller broken rubble for my sump. I dont need or want any more rock for the display but I could sit on it for a possible future upgrade, but that will a long way off. I could clean, cook and cure all the rock and sell or trade it for frags. Or just sell it as dry rock amd not mess with curing it. What would you do with a bunch of un needed dry rock?

 

[saltyfilmfolks]

Sell it. Pay it forward.

 

[Alfrareef]

Sell it!
You don’t need the rock and the money it’s easier to store..

 

[trido]

I'd keep it around for a future reaquascape. I break my tank down ever two or three years for a system reset and reaquascape and having rocks around to help change things up is always convenient.

 

[DesertReefT4r]

Ok well I habe half soaking in water vinager now and will do the other half also. kts pretry clean already but want it nicer ifmI use or sell it. I think I will keepma small piece of a qt tank and sell the rest.

 

[ZoWhat]

Spray Paint it RED and line your driveway so visitors dont park slightly in your grass.

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[DesertReefT4r]

Spray Paint it RED and line your driveway so visitors dont park slightly in your grass.

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No grass in the front yard. But good idea, lol.

 

[Devaji]

give the tonga to me so you get good reefing karma

 

[andrewkw]

I would acid wash it now, then store it dry in a sealed container for future use. OR if you think you or someone you know will have use for it in the next couple of years acid wash then start to cure it in a brute if you have space. While dry rock probably isn't going to be hard to find for some time, look how hard good quality live rock is nowadays. Better safe then sorry if you want to think long term.

 

[Tautog]

They won’t go bad.
I had dead corals and shells in my garden for 20 yrs. , and just boil and cure, but differently cure 6-8 weeks

 

[Ron Reefman]

I'd sort it and keep the stuff you feel is really nice and offer the rest up for sale. It's not like it's going to go bad. I always have at least a 2 or 3 cubic foot flip top storage container full of dry rock in the garage. That way if I want to change my rockscape, or add a tank I have great rocks. And if a good friend every needed some rock, I have some really nice rock to offer him.