Bryopsis and H2O2

[Justin]

I am planning on upgrading my tank from a 40 breeder to a 100 gallon system, I will post a separate build thread for those that would like to provide some feedback and watchouts.

I have a fairly nice rock structure that I built to resemble the bonsai mentality of rock formations that has some rather nasty bryposis on it. I suspect I got the bryopsis from a zoa frag I picked up and now it is growing at plague proportions. Not wanting to bring the nasty green buggers into my new setup, I was planning on dipping the rock in H202 or vinegar for a couple of hours and then letting the rock sit in a tub by itself with an exceedingly high level of Tech M for a couple of days to hopefully kill all forms of the algae.

My question is; I understand the loss in life, but I am willing to risk it to kill the algae. Will soaking in H2o2 or Vinegar for prolonged time dissolve or harm the rock/adhesion glue I used?

[jcnkt_ellis]

What type of rock/adhesion glue did you use? Most superglues and epoxies are inert and will not react with an acid, or, in this case, a base.

[Justin]

I used the BRS reef saver rock using Reef Epoxy and water mend epoxy. Thanks jcnkt_ellis, now that I think about it, the rock should be pretty inert. For some reason I just had a brain fart and thought the rock would react the same way that coral skeletons due when exposed to acids.

[Bill S]

I used chlorox (unscented) on mine, then rinsed repeatedly over several days. Then I let it sit out on the deck in the sun to bake for 2 weeks. The oven would work too. Then I put it in tubs with massive quantities of baking soda. Then I rinsed it again.

Obviously, I had zero interest in getting that in my tank again.

[Big_Pun]

I did the muriatic acid bath 45-60 min then rinsed them to knock off dead material let dry a day, rinsed again and soaked an hour in water and used the rock in my nano. no issues, tank is going thorough a nice cycle rock has algae starting to grow