Help with dry rock problem

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rottloverr

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So for the last couple years I have had Pukani dry rock out in the shed. I just found out last Fall one of my sons set off a bug fogger in the shed to kill all the insects. All the dry rock has been exposed. So... what do i do to clean/fix the dry rock?

Bleach? Muratic acid? Both? Losing this dry rock is not an options.

Thanks you for the advice. Please help!

Sean
 
Hmm this just seems like a very very bad idea. I would highly suggest you consider the trash can.

If you MUST use it, I would pressure wash it, and let it run in a tub with frequent water changes in an attempt to dilute the pesticides. Then use it in a FW tank with some hardy fish that likes high ph like african cichlids. Don't put it in a tank with a livestock/water(salt isnt cheap!) valued more than the cost of new rock.
 
I was also thinking of using activated charcoal. And eventually sending a sample of the water to Triton for testing.

I have a pressure washer so when it warms up I could do that also.
 
Hmm, "Keeps on killing for up to six weeks" is not encouraging. Not familiar with the "ethrins" on the box but permethrin is supposed to be permanent. I would pitch it.
 
If you have lots of it....maybe try bleach, viniger, etc bath for a loong time...like maybe at least a week or two....then run it in a seperate tank and try throwing some prolific softies and see what happens...i think that would work....if u dont have much of it i would toss
 
Permethrin is a synthetic pyrethroid pesticide used as an acaricide and insect repellent. It is employed not only in agriculture, but also in forestry, household settings, and public health programs. As a neurotoxin, permethrin affects neuron membranes by prolonging the activation of sodium, and is more effective against insects and aquatic life than mammals and birds. Due to this toxicological preference, permethrin especially poses risks to fish. For its effects on humans, permethrin has been classified as a type II or III toxin by the EPA, and studies of mice cells have demonstrated the chemical's potential to be carcinogenic.

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ouch. one of the active ingredients in pipronyl butoxide.
Piperonyl Butoxide is classified as Aquatic Chronic 1 based on its chronic toxicity to aquatic invertebrates (21-day NOEC for Daphnia magna=0.030 mg/L; 28-day NOEC for Chironomus riparius=0.0148 mg/L) and the fact that it is not readily biodegradable.

the rock is literally poisoned.
 
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