I'm restarting one of my frag tanks. Mostly because I had some aiptasias and vermetid snails on the live rock, and I didn't want them spreading to the tank. I used muriatic acid. I used a 10:1 ratio water to acid and let them cook for 20 minutes. What was left was perfectly clean rock. Anyone doubting the effectiveness of acid dip, the rock came out great and was super easy to do. The muriatic acid can be found at Home Depot in the pool section. Cost was about $25 for the baking soda and acid, I still have a gallon of acid left, and that did about 150lbs of rock.
I filled a tote with rock and 10 gallons of water. Added 1 gallon of acid. Waited 20 minutes, then stirred in a box of baking soda to neutralize the acid. Washed the rocks off with the hose, and set them out to dry. I'll let them dry out for a day or 2, then restart the tank. Here are some pics.
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I filled a tote with rock and 10 gallons of water. Added 1 gallon of acid. Waited 20 minutes, then stirred in a box of baking soda to neutralize the acid. Washed the rocks off with the hose, and set them out to dry. I'll let them dry out for a day or 2, then restart the tank. Here are some pics.
Before
During
After
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