Need some advice on how to properly clean some rock

[Navarchus]

Originally Posted by elias

Muriatic or Hydrocloric acid is a highly corrosive,strong mineral acid.Hydrogen Chloride solution.
In simple dilute the acid with water place your rock in it, make sure its outside or very well vemtilated acid will react with calcium (your rock is a calcium base) stripping a thin layer out into solution, clean your rock afterwords thoroughly with some fresh water test for ph and your rock is ready for a cycling period.

IS THERE ANY DANGER? HOW DO YOU HEANDEL IT? HOW DO YPU POT THE ROCK IN AND HOW DO YOU TAKE IT OUT?

[mark]

Originally Posted by Navarchus

IS THERE ANY DANGER? HOW DO YOU HEANDEL IT? HOW DO YPU POT THE ROCK IN AND HOW DO YOU TAKE IT OUT?

huge danger!

[eli@fijireefrock.com]

Originally Posted by Navarchus

IS THERE ANY DANGER? HOW DO YOU HEANDEL IT? HOW DO YPU POT THE ROCK IN AND HOW DO YOU TAKE IT OUT?

The safest way working with acid in this situation anyways.
Place rocks in a bucket full of water have a couple pump in to circulate the water.add a ph probe to have a constant readout.
Slowly add the acid till you hit your desirable ph. Run it for few hours or maybe a day.
Remove all the rocks wash thourouhgly acid wash is done.
Now it's time for cycle the rocks ,never in your main system.totally separate tub.

Oh use gloves to take the rocks out or wait till your ph is readind 7.5 or higher.
Or maybe call me I will remove the rock out with my leather hands,lol,

[Navarchus]

Sorry for all the typos.....my laptop is in service and a friend lent me an old laptop but I am not used to this keyboard.

Back to the topic…..what is my desired ph in this scenario?

[MrsBugmaster]

Here are a couple links all about the acid cleaning. I found it to be very heplful.

http://reefcentral.com/forums/showth...=cleaning+rock

http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1587539

Hope that helps you.

[phi delt reefer]

Originally Posted by MrsBugmaster

Here are a couple links all about the acid cleaning. I found it to be very heplful.

http://reefcentral.com/forums/showth...=cleaning+rock

http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1587539

Hope that helps you.

very informative read there MrsBugmaster.

I purchased some dry eco rock from eco-reefer - anyone know if i should do the bleach/muratic acid bath/possible lanthanum treatment? Are the eco/marco rocks totally "neutral" or do they have some buildup still contained within from whatever prehistoric reef they came from?

also - can we use just a regular rubbermaid container or will the bleach/acid eat through the container?

[MrsBugmaster]

I got some eco rock and put it in RO/Di water with a powerhead for a week then tested water for phosphates. It did test a smaller lever of phosphate so I did the acid wash to be safe. You can use any rubber maid type container.

[Midway]

So how long do i need to cycle these rocks for then? Until the Water parameters are within acceptable ranges?