is this safe to put inside tank?

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Hey guys I bought this liverock from a guy and he told me just to scrape it off and that I had nothing to worry about? What do you guys think this is and I scraped most of it off. Is it safe to put in my tank? I had to scrape off around 5-6 of these rocks that were like this.

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the rock is still good but I wouldn't put that in the tank the way it is. I'd dry out the rock, give it a bath in muriatic acid and cure it all over again. Who knows what else is in that rock because it didn't look like it came from pristine conditions
 

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I took a rough brush and brushed off all the algae and the only thing that remains it looks lie the root of the algae at the top of the rock.
 
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If you are in OC come by and Ill give u dead rock if you need it and a marine pure ball that has bacteria. I have like 80lbs


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Dont do it not worth the pests or other hitchhikers that may come on it. I just started my tank completely with dry dead rock avoid all those issues. Not worth the hassle of having issues, take homie up on his dead rock offer!


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A bath in bleach is safer than muriatic acid, though the acid will certainly kill it without question, but the advice for a chemical dip is really the only sure way to do it. A wire brush will only have it come back.

Don't put that one in your tank.
 
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Id say just get new rock, introducing GHA can be regretful real quick and will spread like fire or just bump up your phosphates/Nitrates and have a bigger algae bloom after die off.


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You can just dump it in freshwater for a little while and kill off the algae then you can use the rock again in your tank. I've done it a bunch of times.
 
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Seems like you're fairly new to the hobby. Please be extra careful when taking a toothbrush to rocks.... if it happens to have some zoa's on it, you can get seriously ill. i've heard one too many horror stories about palytoxin. Just a fair warning!
 
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