Stored Live Rock - To keep live or not to keep live

[hillegom]

Even a sheet of plywood on the top would curtail some evaporation. A big piece of plastic even better.

[monocus]

use polly or seran wrap

[Koleswrath]

I wouldn't bother. Why waste the time and energy? Cook it a couple months before you plan to start up again and seed with a nice small piece from a good system.
Greg

[gregzz4]

I vote to keep it alive.

You talk about buying new rock when you're ready, but you'll still end up with algae and other things you don't even know about until you get it wet.
I agree with wanting new LR. I'll do it myself soon.
But because you have so much rock that's already wet, why waste it ?

If you're looking for cooked rock, do the whole process of cooking and WCs before you want to use it.
If not, just store it as below and use it when you're ready.

Cover it in some cheap poly from the hardware store to keep your evap down.
Maybe do a WC once a month, along with a good 'shake out all the gunk' method and remove the spunk, and feed every week or 2 to keep the pods/stars etc alive.
Keep your powerheads and heaters in there and make sure it's aerated.

You'll be happy to have so much live rock available later on, but be sure to 'cook' it to rid yourself of PO4 issues