Cant believe I didnt pay attention.

[Anthonyl]

So I decided to get another 70lbs of rock for the DT. As an idiot I went to the dollar store and made sure I got bleach that was not scented. But lo and behold after 3 days of bleaching I noticed its splashless bleach. I have rinsed the rock alot and noticed it's still producing suds, so it has to have something in it. Now with vinegar being an acid will it clean off what ever is on the rock.

I was thinking maybe adding hot water to the vinegar bath and add a few air stones and watch for suds to stop. If anyone has some ideas would be appreciated. Right now I have more time than money for new rock.

 

[Mjrenz]

I accidentally used splashless bleach once but it was on some equipment and not rock. Several rinses with vinegar and hot water seemed to work well to get rid of it

 

[Tati]

I’m not here to help, but ask for explanation in a way.
Had no clue about existence of a splashless bleach, tbh. Had an experience goth bleaching life rock and so I guess I got lucky cot with the regular thing.
What’s the difference between those two on their effects on a rock??
Thnx

 

[EmdeReef]

You should add prime for sure for chlorine. I don’t know what other ingredients are in the splashless bleach but potentially running carbon may help as well...

 

[Anthonyl]

I’m not here to help, but ask for explanation in a way.
Had no clue about existence of a splashless bleach, tbh. Had an experience goth bleaching life rock and so I guess I got lucky cot with the regular thing.
What’s the difference between those two on their effects on a rock??
Thnx

I dont know forsure, but I know last time I used regular bleach it didnt have issues rinsing rock...

 

[Mastiffsrule]

I wonder if the bleach was scented, if so pitch it.

Not 100% on unscented but there was a thread about scented bleach and Paul b said it nuked his tank.

Edit, duh you said unscented, never mind

 

[Aardvark1134]

Note "Splash-less bleach is a little thicker than regular household bleach. It is less likely to splash, but the sodium hypochlorite concentration is only 1-5%. It isn't strong enough to sanitize and disinfect, as the label warns"

So you likely also used the wrong amount and need to resoak with the right amount of bleach too after you get rid of whatever is causing those suds.

 

[KrisReef]

Looks like it has extra detergents and less sodium hypochlorite so the rock needs to be rebleached with original strength sodium hypochlorite and rinsed well to remove those pesky detergent residues.

In other words, rinse it well in tap water,
resoak in bleach,
and then rinse it some more and soak it in ro water if you are worried that the rock is to clean for reef life.
Put a carbon filter or other device on the ro soak bucket for extra sparkly clean freshly minted rock.

Thanks for the post, have to warn the misses not to grab any fake bleach by mistake!

 

[Anthonyl]

Thanks guy. The rock is in a vinegar bath right now. I'll rinse and re bleach with the correct crap this time..

 

[Anthonyl]

Just want to double check, this should be good for rock right?

 

[Anthonyl]

so since the mistake. I have rinse the rock a lot and also added and air stone to turn the water and be able to check for suds. I have changed the water many times and have finally got it so there was no suds being made. With the fresh water every water change I made sure to add prime. I have now had the rock in salt water ( water change ). its been in there for 4 days with an air stone. on day 4 I added a piece of filter sponge I had laying in the sump as to help seed the new rock. I have also had a bag of carbon in the water just in case.. I just want to know your thoughts if this rock should be ready for the tank?

 

[Mastiffsrule]

It’s sounds like it may be. Let’s See what others think.

Since it’s in salt water it couldn’t hurt to test. I would check the parameters. Ph and alk would be one to check for sure.

 

[Sailfinguy21]

Why not just buy rock on amazon... i bought 200 lbs of dead rock from amazon never had to do anything but rinse the dust.sand off it.

Much better thrn buying live rock or old live rock and cheaper too

 

[Anthonyl]

Not in the budget right now for getting new rock. Up here in Canada some stuff can be pretty costly, and I don't think I can buy any reef rock on amazon.ca.. I got about 70lbs of dead rock for $20.. last time I checked at a fish store was $4/lbs and that was the scraps they had left after getting out of the saltwater business..

 

[Sailfinguy21]

Amazon prices vary but its usually 1$ lbs and the box is 50 lbs. You can chose the rock size from large peices to smaller. And no cleaning.

Just a suggestion is all to anyone reading