cleaning up my rock

[Melonbob]

Ok, heres the deal. All my corals have been transferred to the new tank, all I have left is a pile of rock, some snails and a few crabs etc. There is alot of life on this rock I want in my new tank, including tons of mini brittle stars, but there is alot of crap I don't want, mainly anthelia, long green hair algae, and a good amount of bubble algae. Whats the best method of attack for getting rid of the bad stuff while keeping the good?

 

[daugherty]

you will have to pick all the bubble alage of by hand without breaking them. and as for the rest of the rock i have use a bottle brush since it does not have very hard brissles and the seemed to work good for me.

 

[Melonbob]

I was thinkin about throwing a blanket over it for 4 or five days, and seeing what it kills off. My main concern is starting a cycle in the new tank by throwing it in after killing a bunch of anthelia and stuff.

 

[daugherty]

you may kill all the bad things but when it dies it will just dump all the nutrients back into the tank that may cause thing to get worse but i dont know.

 

[yote]

Brushing would probably be the best route.Thats what I did with all my rock Saturday.Every single piece.
I would pull the Anthelia off the rock and rubberband it to some rubble.Surly you can trade it at your LFS.