Dumbest question ever...

[mallaria]

Can I use a friends old freshwater aquarium gravel that they last used in a tank where the fish died of ick?

 

[umramgirl86]

I have never had ick in my tanks (knock on wood) but I read somewhere that if ick was in your tank, you could bleach the rocks to kill disease and then boil the rocks a few times to clean the bleach off.

 

[xwesx1978]

bleach or boiling will work

 

[shellieca]

How long ago was it & how did they treat it? My understanding is that ich can't live without a host so if the tank has been fallow for a while there probably isn't any ich left. Someone will correct me if I'm wrong . . .

 

[librarygirl]

Shellieca is right; if the tank has been without fish for at least a few weeks it should be fine but to be on the safe side I'd still wash it very well with boiling water.