Muriatic Acid Treatment.

[reef keeper]

I picked up some rock the other day, and it was dead and was tank used. I did a muriatic acid treatment on it, and WHAT A DIFFERENCE.

Check out the brown foam



Sexy clean rocks

 

[pulpfiction1]

nice.........

 

[Nonuser]

That kills the live rock ;(

 

[reef keeper]

It was DEAD

 

[Cliff]

Nice

 

[Neopimp]

give it a few months and that rock will be bacteria ridden live rock again.. until then it really will not assist in the ammonia cycle in the tank though. So its great if you add a couple pieces to an established tank.... starting a tank from scratch will take longer than most people have patience for.

 

[reef keeper]

I have what I want from it in my frag sump, which is cycling. The rest I'll be using in my build or offering up for you guys

 

[derrick orosz]

Where do you get that acid ?

 

[Nonuser]

Where do you get that acid ?

Grateful Dead concert.

Muriatic Acid home depot
http://www.homedepot.com/p/Klean-Strip-1-gal-Green-Muriatic-Acid-GKGM75006/202690263

 

[shamous113]

Where do you get that acid ?

You can get it at a pool supply store

 

[reef keeper]

I got it at Canadian tire. 12.99 for a gallon.

I used 1 box of baking soda per gallon to neutralize it. Came out awesome.

I have 1 shelf that won't even go in a 5 gallon pail lol. Sweet white shelf.

 

[Pipes]

How did you mix it? Straight out of the bottle would just eat the rock wouldn't it? And how long did you leave it in the buckets?

 

[reef keeper]

I filled the container with water so it covered the rocks.

Poured it in.

Watched volcano.

20 minutes later it was still going slowly, so dumped in 4 boxes of baking soda to neutralize.

 

[BIGSHOW]

Hows your driveway will all that acid?

 

[heath]

curious, how do you rinse the rock after or do you just let it dry out...or what do you do after the bath..

 

[reef keeper]

Hows your driveway will all that acid?

I neutralized it before the dump so no prob.

Once the acid is neutralized, I poured out a bunch of the water and took out the rocks and sprayed them off. Easy peazy

 

[Nonuser]

So it's no bad for the environment?

 

[Cliff]

So it's no bad for the environment?

PFFF environment spiroment

 

[benzzzz]

Lol I can imagine the neighbours walking by.. Nothing to see here just cooking some rocks lmao .

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[benzzzz]

Saw a guy on YouTube recharge DI with that acid and drano :0

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