[NATIVEVAMAN]

Here is a plan for curing live rock(for the safety of your tank treat all rock as uncured)
You will need:A plastic tarp large enough to hold all the rock when it is out of the box.A soft bristled paint brush about 4 inch.Hammer and chisel.Rubber gloves for everyone handling the rock(not the surgical kind the dish washing kind).A tub of salt water large enough to hold the largest rock.
Spread the rock out over the tarp and put the tub of salt water on the tarp.One rock at a time rinse it in the tub of salt water and go over it with the paint brush while submerged.Remember the spot you miss is where the mantis shrimp is hiding lol.Place each cleaned rock in the EMPTY tank(no sand or water).Once all of the rock is washed and in the tank you are ready for phase 2:Pour all the water in the wash tub thru a screen wire sieve every drop of it black ooze and all.This stuff is liquid gold.Remove any unwanted critters like mantis shrimp and pour this right on the bottom of the tank.Go back thru the bax's that the rock came in and repeat this process.Now pour the sand in the tank covering up the black ooze.Being careful not to disturb the sand to much fill the tank with water turn on the pumps and let them run a while.After a couple of hours runnung the pumps check all the basic parameters to get a base line.Remember that amonia kills everything dont let it get to high,keep it down with water change's.Alaways run your skimmer and run the lights a couple of hours a day.Be prepared to let the tank cycle for at least three weeks before you even think about putting critters in.Increase light a little bit each week until you are running a full photoperiod.And remember the golden rule of aquariums:NOTHING GOOD EVER HAPPENS IN A HURRY IN A REEF TANK.And of course my favorite:IF YOU CANT TEST FOR IT DONT PUT IT IN YOUR TANK.Take that bottole of ourple up back to the lfs and get your money back.If you havnt had a green algea outbreak your cycle is no where near done.