Dez Ching

I'm a newbie, and from what I understood is many reefers cure their life rocks and leave it until it's dead before inputting into their tanks. I have heard of people using hot water to cook the rocks, leave it under the sun to bake, using vinegar to wash and cure. How about bleaching? Will the chemical from bleach leftovers/ stains affect the quality of our water condition after we placed them into our tanks? I'm currently cycling my tank, and am choosing to input Live rocks or dead rocks into my 4 feet. Really need some advises, as many reefer goes for dead rocks as compared to live rocks.

Thanks guys for the replies. Patricklhc: Is it possible? How do we measure the flow at the chiller water outlet? I didn't use a separate pump for chiller because adding a pump means adding noise pollution. As much as possible, I want to reduce noise. Solo77: I saw the Eheim pump indicating flowrate of 4500L/H on the label, but I guessed since it's a second hand pump, maybe it has also lost it' efficiency through ageing. Do you all think a higher flow rate pump could solved my problem whilst not affecting the chiller's performance?

Hi All, I'm new to this hobby. I'm currently cycling my 4 feet tank, using a Eheim 1260 or 1262, which has a 4500L/H flowrate, which is as mentioned about 10 times the volume of my tank. However, I realized that the return of water flow back to my display tank was relatively very slow. My return pump goes from my sump through my 1hp chiller prior to the display tank. If the flow rate which is 10 times is already slow, what do you guys suggest for a faster flow? Can I use a higher flowrate pump? What could be an ideal flow rate then? Can someone help enlighten me? Appreciate.Thanks.