Time for a term to die---'cooking' rock...should go away...

[Sk8r]

Before it kills somebody.

The term was humorous, to describe tubbing rock for an extended period with warmth (not heat) and circulation in the dark.

Unfortunately in the internet world, information passes imperfectly, and some people don't read past the title: it sticks in their minds, they think it's how it's done, and pretty soon we have some guy heating wet rock in the oven (steam explosions, chemical outgassing---think of a mini volcanic event) or boiling it (bad chemicals, possible explosions, and fumes. And it kills the rock.)

I think before somebody ends up a Darwin Award winner---we should, as a hobby, stop this term in its tracks. Please notify a mod if you see the term in use, and gently inform the poster that a better term is 'tubbing rock', or whatever you choose.

 

[gone fishin]

I agree!!!

 

[davocean]

I so strongly agree this term correction is long overdue, lets avoid any potential harm to fellow reefers and leverage to those that may wish to restrict our hobby.
Maybe we could make this a group effort, come up w/ a better term, maybe make a poll, get everyone involved and on board as a group effort.

I know other sites and Fb pages are are on board w/ this as well, maybe it's good timing to make this change.

 

[Sk8r]

Kudos to davocean for the PM that shoved me into posting.

 

[davocean]

Thank you, this was prompted by a post on a popular FB page this morning which drew a lot of negative attention towards that poster and his misinterpretation of what "cooking rock" really is.

I have wrote the popular reef sites and Fb pages I am active on or familiar with and so far it seems everyone is on board to try to make this much needed correction, so maybe if we sweep the pages with this proposed correction we can make some positive change.

 

[anthonys51]

yes and i like to change parkway also. while we are at it driveway too., very confusing first time i parked on the parkway

 

[davocean]

Lets please try to not derail this post and take it seriously, if not for the sake of safety and responsible reef keeping, keep in mind that there are groups out there that would love any leverage they could use to restrict our hobby.

We've already seen what media can do to blow things out of proportion the last time we had posts on palytoxin poisoning

 

[mcgyvr]

Just setup the swear filter of this site to remove the words "cook" and "cooking"
Like it does with other "unmentionable" sites,etc...

So now we will all be talking about how to clayboa rock

 

[davocean]

Just setup the swear filter of this site to remove the words "cook" and "cooking"
Like it does with other "unmentionable" sites,etc...

So now we will all be talking about how to clayboa rock

I actually like this idea, but the thing is that would be limited to sites that can do that type of filter, but of course this slang term is thrown around on places like face book, which is where I saw the pic this morning of this guy boiling his rocks on the stove w/ steam coming off and he was complaining about the smell that comes from "cooking rock"

That alone made me shake my head, and then when I looked at this guys profile pic of his 2 young children I thought oh geez, this guy could make his whole family sick in his misinterpretation of that particular cleanse.

I just think it's to easy to rename this term that may have been playfully intended at first but now seems to easy to be misinterpreted and can cause us all a lot of headaches, whether that headache be actually sickness or very easily leverage for those that would love to increase restrictions on this hobby.

It's just another easy way to promote responsible reefkeeping really.

And BTW, this is actually not a new or my idea, it was actually Sk8r's idea and comment I remembered from a short time back and I simply wrote and said I think we should implement this idea after recent issues

 

[davocean]

This is what was posted on FB this morning by a fellow reefer who misinterpreted the term we've been using, and I can not say enough,

THIS IS NOT THE WAY TO RID YOUR ROCK OF PESTS OR ALGAE PEOPLE, THIS CAN BE VERY HARMFUL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



DO NOT DO THIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[HermitTheCrab]

***!!!!!

 

[Sk8r]

Darwin Award in the making. Definite way to hurt yourself and bystanders. Explosion is only one of the ways.

 

[davocean]

We could not have a better poster pic of exactly what not to do, I almost want to wipe the steamy vapors away from my screen!

 

[ericarenee]

We could not have a better poster pic of exactly what not to do, I almost want to wipe the steamy vapors away from my screen!

need a caption and big RED X..

 

[Timfish]

Before it kills somebody. . .

+1 million!

You and I have both been harping on this for a long time. I see no difference between quarantining fish, inverts and corals and quarantining live rock and don't understand coming up with jargon terms outside of feeding ones ego.

 

[WatDatThing]

I can always put it in the turkey fryer outdoor.

 

[ericarenee]

i can always put it in the turkey fryer outdoor.

no you cant ..

 

[WatDatThing]

no you cant ..

I was joking....XD

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[JamesHolt]

One of my ugly green palys in one of those pots and everybody dies..

 

[Spiffy]

Someone should start a thread on how to properly cure rocks. I know there are several different methods that one could use to cure rocks. I am currently using the bucket-method myself. Should I add a light for 8 hours a day?