Things You'll Need
- Large plastic bucket
- Aquarium heater
- Salt mix
- Powerhead
- Blue light source
- Live rock with white (not dead) coralline algae
- Toothbrush
- Flat-headed screwdriver
Instructions
Fill the bucket with water made up with the salt mix according to directions.
Position the blue light source over the bucket. This is to support the white coralline algae, which photosynthesize blue wavelengths of light, but not pest algae. Have the light on for a few hours a day during the curing process.
Install the heater to raise the water temperature to about 80 degrees Fahrenheit.
Brush or scrape dead organisms off the rock. Those that have turned black are dead.
Place the live rock in the bucket.
Replace 50 percent of the water in the bucket every 3 to 5 days and remove any more organisms that turn black.
Transfer the rock to your tank after about two to three weeks.