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Old 08-01-2005, 11:19 PM
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now if you are only worried about 2 or 3 rocks I would cook them on the stove top (boil them for a hour or two) then recure them in a pail.
Give it a try and let us know how it goes
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Get rid of what feeds the algae and be done with it, no cooking required.
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now if you are only worried about 2 or 3 rocks I would cook them on the stove top (boil them for a hour or two) then recure them in a pail.
Give it a try and let us know how it goes
um I have and it works good If I had the time I would have done that to my whole lot of rock when I took the sand out.

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Maybe I should just dip all the rock in a fresh batch, get rid of the sediment from the Turkey Baster rounds and start the new aquascaping with the GHA covered LR on the bottom
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Just use a stiff brush and some old tank water to scrub it off. Then dunk and swish the rocks in another bucket of salt water to get some of the crud on the rocks off. You'll be surprised how much stuff comes off of the rocks.
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now if you are only worried about 2 or 3 rocks I would cook them on the stove top (boil them for a hour or two) then recure them in a pail.
Give it a try and let us know how it goes
um I have and it works good If I had the time I would have done that to my whole lot of rock when I took the sand out.

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what's with all th erolling eyes in this thread???
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Giving me a complex
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All I did was make a suggestion and got shot down all over the place

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All over the place? C'mon, it was only Stircrazy giving you grief, you gotta watch for him doing that!
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