Curing Methods

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The update :

Ok,

Its been 3 weeks with weekly water changes.
end of 1st week- 0 Ammonia Substantial phosphate
end of 2nd week no nitrite test kit, but substantial nitrate and phosphate

during 2nd week, I added light 24 hours and a ball of cheato, and a piece of LR of my tank to seed the rest.

1 week later from that point- Nitrate is 2.5 and phosphate is down to 0.5 !

This is great. It has progressed quite quickly. Wife is nagging how long this is going to be in the room.

I think that this rock will be ready to add to the tank soon. Any thoughts?

There is not much visible life, nor much coraline, however I think that process will be greatly sped up if it was added to the tank so long as the phosphate and nitrate are quite low to nil.