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dbenn Fingerling Posts: 23 Kudos: 19 Votes: 40 Registered: 31-Mar-2005   | I'm setting up a new 55gal tank and have some stone that I want to build caves out of. It's a thin sliced rock with mica and quartz in it. Does anyone know what I can soak it in to remove the salts etc.. and make it safe for my fish? Any suggestions are appreciated. |
 Posted 09-Sep-2006 00:32 |     |
Budzilla  Enthusiast Posts: 288 Kudos: 197 Votes: 90 Registered: 18-Jul-2006  | If it is mica and quartz, most likely it is a safe me -Vincent |
| Posted 09-Sep-2006 01:35 |  |
Babelfish          Administrator Small Fry with Ketchup Posts: 6833 Kudos: 8324 Votes: 1570 Registered: 17-Apr-2003    | Boil or bake them for a bit just to make sure nothings managed to crawl into a crack somewhere and make a happy home. Especially with the mica you might get some bacteria ect.... Also give it a bit of a scrub with some aquarium salts and rinse off all the dirt...should be good to go  .^_^  |
| Posted 09-Sep-2006 06:56 |    |
| dbenn Fingerling Posts: 23 Kudos: 19 Votes: 40 Registered: 31-Mar-2005 | Thanks for the advise. That's pretty much what I had planned to do but a couple of people at work kinda spooked me a bit and thought that the minerals in the stone would raise the ph too high. I'm going to run the tank for a few weeks before adding fish anyway so it shouldn't be a problem. |
| Posted 09-Sep-2006 15:38 | |
| Budzilla Enthusiast Posts: 288 Kudos: 197 Votes: 90 Registered: 18-Jul-2006 | quartz and mica don't raise the ph, so don't worry about it, it would thiough if that was calcite instead -Vincent |
| Posted 09-Sep-2006 19:33 | |
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