Haitian dry rock

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Don't think I'd use sea-based dry rock again without a bleach cure on my own tanks. It works awesome.

 

[punziracing]

Go with the bleach bath. I started my tank with dead rock about 5 weeks ago. I thought the dead matter would be a good idea to start the cycle instead of the fish cycle. I think the fish cycle is just torture on the poor animal. From my experience the nitrites and nitrates are off the chart and hard to get down. I just started my skimmer so let's see if they will drop.

agree 100% to not cycle with fish, i will try another small piece with the acid and see what happens, this rock has a ton of dead organics on the outside i could just imagine what is deep inside the rock. good luck with your start up.

 

[punziracing]

Don't think I'd use sea-based dry rock again without a bleach cure on my own tanks. It works awesome.

Its been soaking for 3 days in the bleach, how long would you cycle after the bleach? there was a ton of dead organisms in this rock and really want to start out clean.

 

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Guess I learn more and more every year. If you are in a hurry you are in the wrong hobby. The best results come to those who demonstrate patience.

I'd give it a week or two and inspect.

 

[punziracing]

Guess I learn more and more every year. If you are in a hurry you are in the wrong hobby. The best results come to those who demonstrate patience.

I'd give it a week or two and inspect.

Definitely not in a rush, I am testing the different methods on smaller pieces of rock so i can see the results first hand. thanks for the reply. Big fan of BRS.....look forward to upcoming videos.

 

[PatW]

I set up my tank with the same rock 3 years ago. I washed it with a hose. Bleached it for 2 days. Washed and scrubbed it. It had a pile of organics. Then I rinsed it thoroughly to remove the bleach.

The bleach did a good job removing the organics. But the rock leached phosphates. I would advise curing in salt water and completely changing the water until you get 0 phosphates.

 

[punziracing]

I set up my tank with the same rock 3 years ago. I washed it with a hose. Bleached it for 2 days. Washed and scrubbed it. It had a pile of organics. Then I rinsed it thoroughly to remove the bleach.

The bleach did a good job removing the organics. But the rock leached phosphates. I would advise curing in salt water and completely changing the water until you get 0 phosphates.

Yes this rock was loaded!!! I am still planing a 20:1 acid bath for 15 minutes on a small test piece to see how much loss i will end up with...i will post results. I will cycle for a few months after i am happy with the initial cleaning of the rock. thanks for the reply.

 

[Ashish Patel]

I have 30 LB of Haitian Rock and another 80LB of marshall/fij that is dry but covered in dead organic mainly sponges. I could see Hatian rock melting fast given its porosity so little concerned about this. Also I dont know if bleach alone would remove sponges on the rock so probably going to use Muratic acid. I will go with 1:20 ratio as was suggested by BRS video.

 

[fishface NJ]

@Ashish Patel Where did you find the marshall/fiji rock? I am local to you...live between Hwy 34 and Rt 79

This thread is from 2018

 

[Ashish Patel]

Its been hard to come by for few year so started buying really large pieces that no one wanted. Not even sure how much I have but I do know I will have an epic aquascape

 

[punziracing]

Be very carful with the Haitian rock, it melts extremally quick in muriatic acid.

 

[Ashish Patel]

Be very carful with the Haitian rock, it melts extremally quick in muriatic acid.

Thanks, I can see that happening it very thin and leafy. I am not going to consider using acid on haitian its too pricey to be melted away.