Ceramic tiles reacting to vinegar ?

[masssnapz]

I just want to make sure this normal and not the vinegar reacting with something else within the tile.

I got a box of glazed white ceramic tiles 4x4 at a garage sale dirt cheap and would like to use them as grow out tiles in my frag tank because they are only glazed on one side.

I wanted to make sure any residual chemicals or oils were cleaned off thoroughly so I dropped them in a 5 gallon bucket of vinegar I keep for cleaning pumps and such. As soon as the tiles hit the vinegar they began to fizzle like vinegar and baking soda but not so extreme.

From my research this is just the vinegar reacting with the carbonate in the ceramic, is this the case or should I ditch the tiles ?

 

[Diesel]

No need to ditch the tiles.
I wonder why vinegar?
Just drop them about ten at the time in your sump and leave them there till you need them.
I do that with tiles and plugs.
A cycled tile or plug means faster healing time and rapid encrusting as well.

 

[masssnapz]

No need to ditch the tiles.
I wonder why vinegar?
Just drop them about ten at the time in your sump and leave them there till you need them.
I do that with tiles and plugs.
A cycled tile or plug means faster healing time and rapid encrusting as well.

Thanks ! Also I use the vinegar because I know it is reef safe and it is an acid so it should clean most nasty stuff off of whatever like oils and such, it is sort of a "green" cleaning product. I use vinegar for all sorts of stuff. Cleaning my shower, cleaning my faucets and shower heads. I use a vinegar water mix for cleaning the glass on my tank etc...

 

[Diesel]

Vinegar is a save product to use but tiles and plugs just need a good rinse and a sump cycle.

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley Verified Community Expert]

FWIW, vinear may help remove oils that are natural fats (by hydrolyzing the ester bond between the glycerol and the fatty acid), but won't do much for synthetic machine oils, which do not have such bonds. The 90% isopropanol from a drug store would be better for that.

 

[masssnapz]

FWIW, vinear may help remove oils that are natural fats (by hydrolyzing the ester bond between the glycerol and the fatty acid), but won't do much for synthetic machine oils, which do not have such bonds. The 90% isopropanol from a drug store would be better for that.

Ok I will be heading to the store then.. Thanks randy