Odd curing question

[cowmancarl]

Soooo I have a large container or what was once live rock from an old aquarium. it's easily 125-150 lbs. I want to reuse in my newish tank. nothing odd there, happens all the time. to be safe i soaked some of the rocks and tested them. ammonia reading .75 ppm after 24 hours. i go back to the rock i haven't soaked yet and notice a smell. i have hunch my cat may have used this as an alternate litter box on occasion!!! grrrrr!!!! so question. can i rise the heck out of the rock and then pretty much cure as normal and one all reading it zero assume it's aquarium safe again? wife has me on a strict budget and i hate to spend money replacing all this rock if i dont absolutely need to.

 

[billdogg]

I would rinse it, but you might not really need to. It is, after all, just an ammonia source. Then cure and cycle as usual.

 

[username in use]

I wouldn't worry about it. You could always pee in it too to reclaim it from the cat.

 

[cowmancarl]

Thank you both.

never thought to try that to reclaim in...first instinct was to pee on the cat for revenge :lolspin:

 

[Dogshowgrl]

Just as an additional laugh in fresh water (my dark days) I did aquaponics and we use to pee in the tank to start the cycle, we were "thrifty".