curing dry rock

I’m setting up a tank with used, dry rock from other tanks. I want to cure it in brutes with flow and MicroBacter-Clean. I don’t want the odors in the house and would like to cure it outside. Here in South Texas, daytime temps are in the 90f-95f range in the shade. Thoughts? Is it too hot...

Not sure if this is already posted if so please tag post below. I am adding 60 lbs of used dry rock to my tank. It was used in an established tank and has just been sitting drying for a while. Not sure how long. I have always just used my own rock in the past from old tanks or bought at my lfs...

What bleach should I be using to cure my dry rock? Is this one from Amazon fine?

I am planning on starting a new tank in the near future and was planning one starting with dry rock (trying to avoid hitchhikers lol) but i see it says not to mix for more then 4 hours would this cause any issues if i left a power head and heater in while letting the rocks start their cycling...

So let me get this started by introducing myself. My username is homage to my 2 crazy kids 4 and 8, they sure do always keep me on my feet. I am a long time freshwater keeper, my last tank being a 90g planted with C02. I have some close friends in the hobby who finally pushed me to take the...

Hi everyone, I just finished bleach curing some old live rock I had in the yard from an old system years ago. I had it in a brute garbage container for a week in a 10:1 mixture of rodi water to chlorine. I let the rocks dry out for a day but they still smelled like chlorine so I rinsed the...

I have a 55g barrel packed full of dry natural rock that has been salt curing since April 14th. This rock had been left in the backyard when I moved in and I know for a fact that the previous owners used it in a huge reef tank. I power washed all this white rock off before dumping it all in a...