I was thinking about just mixing in some bleach and power washing after. See how that turns out. If that doesn't do the trick, than I will use the acid.I did not bother with bleach, but I did power wash it after the acid bath.
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I was thinking about just mixing in some bleach and power washing after. See how that turns out. If that doesn't do the trick, than I will use the acid.I did not bother with bleach, but I did power wash it after the acid bath.
Picked up some acid as well. If I'm not satisfied with the bleach and power wash, this weekend I'll do the acid. I really appreciate your help man.I think you will find the acid help a lot, but there is no harm in trying bleach + power wash first.
So I have some bleach mixed in with the rock. I also have a return pump, and a heater in there. How do I effectively clean them both, making them safe for use in my tank?
I'm not using the acid just yet. As of now I have bleach only mixed with RODI and rocks. Going to power wash the rocks after I take them out of the bleach. If I'm not satisfied with how they turn out, I'm going to bathe them in acid.Well if you make sure acid is neutralized and rocks thoroughly washed/treated to remove bleach, I don't see how you will have issues
Just make sure you neutralize that acid properly with baking soda, and bleach is harmful when first introduced, however after washing, drying, curing the rock, I don't see bleach lingering around.
you could also use some bleach remover when soaking the rocks to be sure bleach is neutralized as well just to make sure.
I'm not using the acid just yet. As of now I have bleach only mixed with RODI and rocks. Going to power wash the rocks after I take them out of the bleach. If I'm not satisfied with how they turn out, I'm going to bathe them in acid.
True. Acid bath just seems like a messy job, was hoping bleach would suffice. I don't want to deem the rock "cured", and have algae problems two months down the road. I think I may just do an acid bath.Sounds good, however keep in mind Pukani rock is very light and extremely porous and anyone using it should consider acid dipping to remove all organics from within the rock. while bleach will kill all algae, it will not remove the stuff accumulated on the inside, just have a look at my dead eel pic above... that thing came from the middle of the rock and acid or a very long period decaying in salt water would probably get rid of it and not fully...
True. Acid bath just seems like a messy job, was hoping bleach would suffice. I don't want to deem the rock "cured", and have algae problems two months down the road. I think I may just do an acid bath.
Interesting, had never considered swapping plugs before going into the DT. A lot of pests can hide in the plugs than?Well, I'm sure everyone's experience is different, however I'm taking down my main tank and acid washing the rocks after 1.5 years of use due to weird algae... after this restart, all my sps will go through QT first then after at least one month of QT and observation they will go in the DT if i feel confident enough. Also I'm changing my filtration system and really hoping this will help and wont have to use much GFO or other chemicals to bring phosphates and nitrates down...
Also another word of advice (and this will hurt), always discard others frag plugs even if that means cutting out some growth encrusting and only use fresh sps cuts and if you must glue it on a frag plug, use your own fresh plugs. I think my biggest source of crap algae and flat worms came off frag plugs... I dip everything however, the sellers can dip and make sure there are no visible pests on the plugs prior sale and the eggs can be hidden underneath etc... biggest pain in the rear are flatworms,bugs and pest algae...
Do it the right way once and you wont have to worry about that aspect if a problem ever arises...
Interesting, had never considered swapping plugs before going into the DT. A lot of pests can hide in the plugs than?
Long term is where this rock will be annoying to deal with if you will house more sensitive sps corals. In my case i cooked the rock in a drum for 9-11 months (cant remember) and it ran with a skimmer, gfo, circulation pump and skimmer and a year later I'm tearing the tank down and planning to clean the rock properly.Not gonna lie I ordered mine from BRS went straight from box to the tank. A little die off and the skimmer is doing well keeping up. Phosphates spiked last week somewhere around 0.55 down to .23 today. No smell really it's just gonna take a while for everything to cycle but that's part of the game I guess. If I were to do it again I would have remembered to rinse them first but crap happens.
I don't know your whole situation but how are you sure it's even the rocks? We put so much stuff in our tanks after its cycled as you mentioned before it's a crap shoot.
Idk I guess I'm missing something