Rocks from outside...Question

[DeFeKt]

I would not worry too much about the sterility of the rocks. I personally take a scrub brush and get the dirt off, possibly douse them with boiling water from a kettle, rinse again and chuck them in the tank.

I'm with tankgirl on this one..
Some rocks, when exposed to constant hot boiling water could explode.

I to would keep away from the bleach..

If you really want to clean them i suggest normal dishwashing liquid..and a good long hard wash in dechlorinated water..

on a couple of the rocks i got they had little spots of rusty type stuff so i had to drill it off. the bit got really HOT!

Thats why they invented Masonry drill bits, and Hammer drills.

 

[Puriti]

I boiled them last night and they didn't explode 8O Did it only for about 5 minutes though...

But it's a little late now ^^; but thanks for the advice I'll use it next time I do it!

*kudos for you*

 

[malkore]

Do a search.. this has been covered many times before

not to be rude, but isn't that kinda the point of posting a question here? so you don't have to search all over the place for it? I mean, i could do a google search to ask just about any question i want, but its nice to be able to just post a question and let the answers flow...

Yes, and no. While the advisors here never want you to shy away from asking a question...when its a question that has been answered a few hundred times, and is generic, sometimes a search will yield accurate answers 10 times faster than posting the question again.
On top of that, hanging out in your own thread and posting every 5 minutes with no other member posting since your last post...well that's just uncalled for really.

 

[Guest]

Do a search.. this has been covered many times before

not to be rude, but isn't that kinda the point of posting a question here? so you don't have to search all over the place for it? I mean, i could do a google search to ask just about any question i want, but its nice to be able to just post a question and let the answers flow...

Yes, and no. While the advisors here never want you to shy away from asking a question...when its a question that has been answered a few hundred times, and is generic, sometimes a search will yield accurate answers 10 times faster than posting the question again.
On top of that, hanging out in your own thread and posting every 5 minutes with no other member posting since your last post...well that's just uncalled for really.

i know what you mean, i usually wait at least a day before I bump a question, but someone who is new may not realize that the question has been posted a lot before, or even if youve been here a while, you may not have realized it until it became important to you, know what i mean? Personally, i can never find anything when i do a search on AA.. it always comes up with posts that are completely unrelated to the searchwords i use.

 

[Puriti]

i know what you mean, i usually wait at least a day before I bump a question, but someone who is new may not realize that the question has been posted a lot before, or even if youve been here a while, you may not have realized it until it became important to you, know what i mean? Personally, i can never find anything when i do a search on AA.. it always comes up with posts that are completely unrelated to the searchwords i use.

O_O that's what happened to me I got a bunch of random posts that had nothing to do with anything...

 

[Guest]

I love AA... don't get me wrong, i just don't have much luck doing searches here. And i can't keep up with all the posts that have already been answered, i try to read as much as I can.. but its almost impossilbe to keep up with it all, im sure a lot of the questions i ask have been answered millions of times before, but everyone has been wonderful and patient in answering and doing research for me.. and i try to answere all the questions i know.

Didn't want you to think i was downing AA Malkore.. LOL, i love AA

 

[Puriti]

^^; sorry malcore about the posting every 5 minutes thing... didn't mean to