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![]() ![]() So I decided to acid wash the old formerly live, then dried dead rock. The latest reading was still over 100 ppm nitrate and 0.5 ppm phosphate after two 100% water changes (no change noted). I made some strong acid! ![]() I donned goggles, beautiful yellow rubber gloves, and shorts, tank, and sandals (ha!). I bought two 900 mL bottles of muriatic acid and poured them into 1 1/2 gallons of tap water. I dipped the rocks one at a time, and overdid the first one in about 12 minutes - that's some powerful mix! The rest of the rocks got about a 5-8 minutes dip, tap water rinse, tap water plus baking soda rinse (1 1/2 containers baking soda and about 3 gallons of water), then back into the rock tub filled with RO. A couple hours later I test the RO at pH 7.8 so I guess the rinse was sufficient. I will test nitrate and phosphate in a few days and see if there was any progress. Here's the first rock getting half dissolved (lol): ![]() Last edited by Myka; 06-06-2015 at 11:45 PM. |
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![]() ![]() Braver than I
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![]() It's not that bad Doug. I've acid washed rocks before in much lower dilution for a much longer time (hours rather than minutes), but I found that some rocks require more time, and others require less. So I decided to dip them one at a time. I didn't want to spend all day doing it, so I made the acid strong. I didn't realize it would be that strong! It took me less than an hour to do it all include setup and cleanup, and cost me $12 for the acid and 40 gallons of RO. Pretty straight forward as long as you're careful about splashing.
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![]() My journal is 10 pages and no tank yet! Haha. This changes on Thursday! :happydance:
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![]() Tank arrival! It's a thing of beauty! Dave's crew built an outstanding tank - they really did a great job. The tank even came in under the quoted price. There is a mistake though, a missing detail, which is why it was under quote.
![]() I'll get some better pictures when there is better light in the house. The reflection on the glass was killing me! Oh, and sorry about the ghetto light stand - I don't have the light hanger installed yet. Here you can see the size difference with my 50-gallon beside it. ![]() Eurobracing detail. ![]() Vinyl covering on the overflow box and weir overflow detail. ![]() Perdy bevel and polish on all edges. ![]() Last edited by Myka; 06-14-2015 at 03:30 AM. |
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![]() No teeth on the overflow?
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![]() I love the eurobrace! I think they are hella cool.
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![]() Regular glass, not starfire?
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![]() no return holes or wrong color silicone? Either way that 1 piece bracing + polished edges = sexy
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stuff happens when you go outside Im a hustler / I'll hop in the ocean / sell a whale a splash |
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![]() Nice one piece euro! Should have got it done in starphire
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