Cleaning Rock
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gone fishin
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I would personally take the garden hose to it a few times. Then you can either put them in a tub or tank to cure/cycle. some folks may mention giving them a muriatic acid soak to remove the outer layer. Good luck just my 2 cents.
anthonys51
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when i started my 265 i used rock from someone old tank i got for free, it was about 200-350 lbs. i kept it in my garage for 18 months. I was just too lazy and didn't have a tub big enough to cure it. a local reefer told me if you trust the rock doesn't have chemical and cooper just use the rock and rinse it god freshwater. so i did that. no issue with my tank at all . i know others will tell you to acid bath it or cure it. not saying there wrong, just saying sometime it might be over kill
anthonys51
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2 mp40 are over kill for a 60, so i wouldn't buy those to start a tank, but since you have them already i would just use them at like 20 percent.
MondoBongo
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i would probably just acid bath them.
it's easy, and it scorches the earth, so to speak.
just make sure you follow all pertinent precautions.
outside, wear gloves and goggles, no pets or kids of spectators around, etc...
it's easy, and it scorches the earth, so to speak.
just make sure you follow all pertinent precautions.
outside, wear gloves and goggles, no pets or kids of spectators around, etc...
anthonys51
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lol its easy. just hide the woman and children and lock up your pets. and oh wear a full body suit. but besides that its easy.
MondoBongo
Obligate Feeder Obsessed
it's not hard to throw on some nitriles and safety glasses. i have loads of both around the house for all kinds of uses.
then make sure your toddler or dog isn't going to go bobbing for rocks in the acid bath.
nothing hard about any of that, just basic safety precautions. same sort of stuff you would want to follow if you were working with any kind of caustic/acidic chemical, same kind of steps you would take if you were using the muriatic acid to clean concrete, or any of its other regular uses.
it sounds silly, but it is worth mentioning. i wouldn't want to advise someone to do try it without also making them aware of the proper precautions to take. i would be remiss if someone decided to do this in their kitchen or something silly because they weren't educated on the proper procedure.
we use a lot of potentially dangerous chemicals with our reef tanks, hell some of our critters (like zoas and palys) can contain things orders of magnitude more dangerous than muriatic acid.
heck the kalkwasser or soda ash commonly used to supplement alkalinity are both caustic enough to give you chemical burns if improperly handled, let alone if you accidentally got them in your eyes.
