Muriatic Acid wash dry rock

[AlmaBonner37]

Hey everyone,

I plan on acid washing my rocks later today and had a questions. My plan is to put them all in a trash can, fill with water, then the acid and let it sit for a while in there. Then pour in some baking soda.

Now here's where my question is. Can I then take them out, wash them out with the hose and then a final rinse in RO/DI water? or should I skip the hose and straight to the RO/DI water rinse?

My only concern is that eventually there will be a lot of acid in the RO/DI rinse water when I get to the last part of the rocks.

 

[ihavecrabs]

There is a BRS video that showed the effectiveness of many different rock prepping processes. I think bleach was a near second and almost as good (if not as good) as muriatic acid without all the hassle, risk, and loss in rock.

Might be worth looking up.

Is your goal to remove phosphates?

https://www.bulkreefsupply.com/vide...s-what-is-the-best-way-to-cure-dry-live-rock/