Advice required with dry coral

[nightmarepl]

hey guys so a friend of mine gave me a big chunk of dried coral he basically took of out of his clients tanks dries them outside and sell thems i guess. So i got this chunk from him it’s alottle dirty from like outside debris is it okay to rinse it with tank water and re enter it into the tank? Or does it have to be cured ? Or cycled or what anyone have any experience with this stuff some pictures

 

[Trio91]

I'd 100% cure that. You never know and I'd rather be safe than sorry

 

[nightmarepl]

I'd 100% cure that. You never know and I'd rather be safe than sorry

Thanks brotha is there a special way to cure this stuff never cured anything it’s small don’t need to do a major project and speciall or faster way to do it

 

[Trio91]

For that small piece, you could just place it into a bucket with a lid, add some fresh salt water, heater, pump and run it for a few weeks.

It's kinda like doing a mini cycle.

If you toss it directly into your tank, it could cause a mini cycle which you don't want

 

[nightmarepl]

For that small piece, you could just place it into a bucket with a lid, add some fresh salt water, heater, pump and run it for a few weeks.

It's kinda like doing a mini cycle.

If you toss it directly into your tank, it could cause a mini cycle which you don't want

Heater and pump all required?

 

[etmanning1]

Whenever I "cure" rock I just toss it in a bucket or similar container with RODI and leave it until it doesn't smell anymore (1 month+)



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[Trio91]

Heater and pump all required?

That's my method.