Muriatic Acid dip?
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get a large plastic container soak the live rock over night use a 50/50 mix. to remove rock from acid run water in tub to dillute the acid till gone. then soak the acid bathed rock in ro/di water for 24 hrs. remove from ro/di water and dry in the sun for a week. after dry wash and scrub rock in ro/di water.
Plastic tub or bucket, water acid mix at a 10:1 ratio(add acid to water), let sit for approx 20 min. or so, add baking soda and dilute with water to kill any left over acid. Wear goggles and rubber gloves and use common sense and caution. When done soak the rock in water (add more baking soda if desired) for a day or so, then soak it in ro/di for a couple of days if needed and you should be good to go. A 50/50 solution is way to concentrated IMO.
Russellaqua
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The baking soda converts the hydrogen ions (the acid) to water, so you can pour it down the drain after. Add the baking soda slowly as this is an exothermic reaction and the solution may become very hot if there is a lot of acid left over and it's quickly combined with a base.
Young Frankenstein
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There you go ......... just for you brother of the DIYselfers
[video=youtube;PEb88j7d7g4]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PEb88j7d7g4&feature=youtu.be[/video]
[video=youtube;PEb88j7d7g4]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PEb88j7d7g4&feature=youtu.be[/video]
This is a new process for me, what is the benefit over just bleaching alone? (The muratic acid is Hydrochloric Acid, which reacts with the CaCO3 in the rock, causing the bubbles, and dissolving some of the rock you paid by the pound for!)
caudill187
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That oughta take care of nuisance algae and anemones !!!
Young Frankenstein
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This for rock you really want clean, otherwise use chlorine
mfinn
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If you mix it too strong and leave your rock in it too long, you won't have any rock left.
Young Frankenstein
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That is correct.
mfinn
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I think someone told me a few years ago that doing a muratic acid dip helps remove phosphates from your live rock.
SeahorseKeeper
Where's the mysis?
Thanks for the info!!
^^ I've read that, too, but I find it hard to believe that phosphates are locked into the outermost 1/16" of rock. It sounds like a pretty bad myth to me, but I'd welcome someone's knowledge if they know otherwise.
mfinn
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I agree with you and would like to hear anything that would confirm or deny that myth?
Young Frankenstein
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If you were to try this method, it would surprise you to see how much stuff comes out of the rocks, it dos not penetrate the 1/16 it goes inside the rock and totally cleans it, now it does make it more porous also by dissolving some of the rock.
OP
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Thanks for the video! I will try this I believe but I need my rock to go into the tank soon so I am not sure how long I can wait. Is there a quicker way to clean rock or should I just use rock that has little nutrients built up?
I will try this I believe but I need my rock to go into the tank soon so I am not sure how long I can wait. Is there a quicker way to clean rock or should I just use rock that has little nutrients built up?
Young Frankenstein
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It would take about 3 Weeks
I tried this method just a couple weeks ago, and I agree that it does a good job of cleaning rock. The question is whether it does anything for phosphates as has been claimed.
