Acid Bath Live Rock

tri4god · 12/02/2016, 03:02 PM

So I got some LR off craigslist. It had a lot of organic matter on it as it was stored in water. I did a 1/10 soak for about 20 minutes in muriatic acid and then neutralized with baking soda. Some rocks are white which I like. The acid is eating away at the rock.

Some rocks still have black on n them, grey, and brown hue's. Does the rock need to be white? I don't want any leeching or organic matter still in the obviously. So..... should the finished product be sparkling white?

davehead86 · 12/02/2016, 03:06 PM

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Originally Posted by tri4god

So I got some LR off craigslist. It had a lot of organic matter on it as it was stored in water. I did a 1/10 soak for about 20 minutes in muriatic acid and then neutralized with baking soda. Some rocks are white which I like. The acid is eating away at the rock.

Some rocks still have black on n them, grey, and brown hue's. Does the rock need to be white? I don't want any leeching or organic matter still in the obviously. So..... should the finished product be sparkling white?

When I did it the first time I did acid first then bleach for white. It worked but there was still live material and I had to acid wash it twice.

The second time I did this I did the bleach first to kill everything. Pulled rock, washed it, dechlorinated it and then acid washed to make it white. That worked better IMHO.

SFish · 12/02/2016, 05:56 PM

How did u dechlorinated it?

tri4god · 12/04/2016, 03:47 PM

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Originally Posted by SFish

How did u dechlorinated it?

My guess is using Seachem Prime or something of that sort in between with a good wash.

shifty51008 · 12/04/2016, 04:21 PM

you could power wash the rocks and see if that finishes up cleaning the rocks before acid washing again.

Mariano986 · 12/04/2016, 06:09 PM

white out

davehead86 · 12/04/2016, 07:05 PM

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Originally Posted by tri4god

My guess is using Seachem Prime or something of that sort in between with a good wash.

Several rounds of Prime. Make sure you cant smell the bleach anymore and then do one more round. My rocks took 4 rinse rounds with Prime. The rocks are now in a tank with no ill affects, and growing algae on them (unfortunately). lol

SFish · 12/04/2016, 08:45 PM

Thanks

12/02/2016, 03:02 PM	#1
tri4god Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2016 Location: San Jose, CA Posts: 171	Acid Bath Live Rock So I got some LR off craigslist. It had a lot of organic matter on it as it was stored in water. I did a 1/10 soak for about 20 minutes in muriatic acid and then neutralized with baking soda. Some rocks are white which I like. The acid is eating away at the rock. Some rocks still have black on n them, grey, and brown hue's. Does the rock need to be white? I don't want any leeching or organic matter still in the obviously. So..... should the finished product be sparkling white?

12/04/2016, 04:21 PM	#5
shifty51008 12-5 Chiefs record Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: NW Iowa Posts: 10,134	you could power wash the rocks and see if that finishes up cleaning the rocks before acid washing again. __________________ 75 gal. mixed DT, 100 gal. sump, 50 gal. fuge, Clownfish breeder

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SFish Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2013 Posts: 2,062	How did u dechlorinated it?

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Mariano986 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Houston Posts: 17	white out

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SFish Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2013 Posts: 2,062	Thanks