Live Rock Needs Cleaned what's best to clean it without killing any inhabitants?

[lebloom]

After all of the time I've had my rock, probably 10 years give or take, it's needing a good cleaning. Just how do you go bout doing this without killing anything?

 

[DaveK]

What kind of cleaning do you have in mind?

If it's just the usual build up of dirt, you can use a powerhead to blow it out. You can also save a couple of buckets of water from when you do a water change and remove the rock one piece at a time and rinse it off in the removed water. You need not do the entire tank at once, and it's usually better if you only do about 1/3 the tank every week or so.

There are more extreme methods you can do, but I'd only use them if you have a specific problem.

 

[lebloom]

The kind of stuff that need cleaned off is the gobs of Bubble Algae that's thriving on it.

 

[DaveK]

When you got something like bubble algea, it's more a problem of controlling algae. You need to control your nitrates and phosphates. Keep them low for an extended period, and in time you'll starg out the algae. A good clean up crew helps a lot too.