Need some advice on how to properly clean some rock

Midway · #1 03-28-2011, 06:37 PM

Guys, do I really need to cycle these rocks even though they're going in my sumps?

Navarchus · #2 03-28-2011, 06:54 PM

Sure you have? Isn’t the sump part of your system? It is the same water isn’t it?
If you don’t cycle them you will get a pick of ammonia and may suffer from fatalities in the worst scenario or you will get tons of algae in the best one.

Madreefer · #3 03-30-2011, 02:43 AM

Just boil them and put them in some RO water. Than put one chunk a week in your sump until they are all in. I put 100lbs of rock in my sump that way a couple of years ago with no issues at all.You already stated that the die off was from something else other than a copper treatment. Your buddy should know if he added copper or not.

Navarchus · #4 03-30-2011, 03:56 AM

So vinegar will have the same effects on rocks contaminated by cooper?

what is the water vinegar ratio and do you use tap water or di?