slevin12 Posted January 5, 2008 Report Share Posted January 5, 2008 just found some rock that will go good in my planted tank how do i steralize them so theres no disease or anything on them i have scrubbed them and they are now sitting in hot water but still have bits of green an d that on them??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkLB Posted January 5, 2008 Report Share Posted January 5, 2008 Is the rock porous? If not , you've already done as much as I do. I take rocks from the garden , scrub the loose stuff off under cold water and put them in the tank. It'll depend on where it's come from but if the rock's porous it may have some residual pesticides in it. Soaking it for a day or two should fix that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slevin12 Posted January 5, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 5, 2008 i just got it off the ground by the house its not porous Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkLB Posted January 5, 2008 Report Share Posted January 5, 2008 porous um whats this From www.onelook.com Quick definitions (porous) adjective: able to absorb fluids (Example: "The partly porous walls of our digestive system") adjective: full of pores or vessels or holes adjective: allowing passage in and out (Example: "Our unfenced and largely unpoliced border inevitably has been very porous") Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vindy500 Posted January 5, 2008 Report Share Posted January 5, 2008 you could boil it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slevin12 Posted January 5, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 5, 2008 i already stuck it in my tank now i just hope all the fishes don't die or something Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ianab Posted January 5, 2008 Report Share Posted January 5, 2008 Dont worry too much.. it's unlikely that there is some strange fish plague living under a rock in your garden Fish tanks are NOT sterile environments, the bacteria, algae, diatoms, and who knows what else that live in your tank will soon take over the rock and set up their own little biotopes there anyway, inspite of any terrestrial bug that may already be there or any cleaningyou do first. Cheers Ian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Posted January 5, 2008 Report Share Posted January 5, 2008 Fish tanks are full of bacteria. The fish are basically swimming around in a pool of their own diluted poop. It's like an alligator in a sewer worrying about germs on a sanitation department employee just before it drags him into the sewage and eats him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ant N Posted February 2, 2008 Report Share Posted February 2, 2008 after boiling , I soak unknown rocks in diluted white vinegar to see if there is iron mineral deposits in the rock. If veins or patches of colour keep foaming or bubbling the rock goes back to the wife"s garden. A lot of rocks will give of bubbles when they first get soaked so boiling anything except live stuff makes sense to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted February 2, 2008 Report Share Posted February 2, 2008 I just scrub mine 8) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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