Muriatic acid locally

[reefkeeperrut]

I personally like adding the rock and water first, a good amount of circulation then adding the acid. This prevents splashing when adding the rock.

Once the solution is neutralized it's fine to go anywhere. It will be salt water at this point though, so it could be bad for plant life.

Make sure you don't fill the bucket too much, this will foam up some and you don't want that gunk overflowing and making a mess.

That's what I was thinking in terms of preventing splashes. But I was planning on doing the acid bath with tap water. Is there any reason to do otherwise?

From the acid bath I will begin the Lanthanum Chloride treatment while cycling the rock in salt water.

 

[reefkeeperrut]

Pack the container with circulation - cheap pump of some kind, rock, and water. Then add acid. Wear eye protection!! If you add too much, it will eat yur rock lol. One batch did too much acid and lost a lot of mass in my rocks. Like grapefruit size became baseball size.

Good to know. I was wondering how much of the outer layer the acid would actually dissolve. I will shoot for 10:1 max for approximately 30 minutes. Will this be adequate?

 

[ostrow]

Tap water fine. You are going to then rinse well. Bleach?

 

[wantsalotta]

Good to know. I was wondering how much of the outer layer the acid would actually dissolve. I will shoot for 10:1 max for approximately 30 minutes. Will this be adequate?

Someone else may have feedback on dilution ratios. it has been a while, and I did not exactly "measure":lmao:

 

[schmoeger6]

I did a 10-1 ratio for 45 minutes on mine.

 

[reefkeeperrut]

Is bleach necessary after the acid? I will rinse thoroughly between steps and after the acid bath the rock will be cured in salt water with lanthanum chloride to make sure PO4 are minimized.

 

[E Rosewater]

I bleached mine prior to the acid. The bleach is to help strip the organics from the rock. Since my rock was going to an established system I did a heavy bleaching of the rock. Depending on the plan with the rocks bleaching may not be necessary.

 

[fng_71]

Bleach shouldn't be necessary. Muriatic acid I believe is 37% hydrochloric acid which is a by product of chlorine