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01-07-2012, 10:10 PM
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Throw away???
I bought a 46g Bowfront tank from a guy who had it set up as a salt water tank. It's been sitting dry for about a year. I cleaned everything up pretty good. This stone I soaked, cleaned with viniger, soaked, scrubed and repeated. I got a really really good cleaning and long soakings... I put it in the tank today and all of a sudden, white stuff starts flaking off? Could it be dried salt deposits for him? Why didn't it flake in all the soakings I did berfore? I even scrubbed it with a plastic hand brush...
I obviously took it out...Do I just throw it away now? I can't seem to clean it, I've tried and who would want something that flakes off in their tank? See all the white deposits on it? I circled some for you to see...That's what's flaking off into the tank. |
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01-08-2012, 01:52 PM
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What do fish think about?
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Re: Throw away???
I'm no geologist, but that looks like limestone. In which case, your KH will be astronomical. Do you have a testing kit for KH (carbonate hardness/alkalinity)?
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01-08-2012, 02:15 PM
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Re: Throw away???
Naw had one of those myself. Soak in a lot of vinegar and water for a couple hours then take a wire brush to it.
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