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Originally Posted by Gecko
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Perform 100% water changes twice weekly.
Gently scrub the rock with a new nylon bristle brush or toothbrush between water changes to remove any white film or dead material.
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I agree with the post Gecko made, except for the two above items.
While curing live rock in a large plastic trash can, I do not recommend you change water, this will only lengthen the process. You want that large ammonia spike and nitrite spike to get get things going. You will discard this water later anyway.
If you do cure the live rock in the main tank, you should make a 100% water change
after the rock is cured. This is done to remove the nitrates created as part of the curing process.
If there is a huge amount of die off, you may wish to make a partial water change to get the smell down. Yes, during the curing process it can smell rather bad.
I don't recommend scrubbing live rock. You will scrub off a lot of what you want, including the bacteria film. Just take the rock and swish it around in the water, getting the loose stuff off. If there is a lot of loose material, like the rock looks like it's covered in cotton, you can do this in a small bucket, so you don't have all the unwanted "glop" in the main curing container.