echoDreamz
Aquarium Advice Regular
Our neighbor is moving and within his backyard he had a small pond that was installed - he is filling it / removing it and asked if I would like the rocks that are in it. They are very nice and I would love to add them to our aquarium instead of these fake decorations.
1. Cleaning them / prepping for adding to tank. Some say boil, some say dont boil, some say use bleach, others say dont, some say just drop them right in... AHHHHHH. What is the best option here? Honestly the reason for not boiling the rocks makes sense to me, and I do not want any *explosions* in the kitchen
2. I did the "vinegar test" on a few of them, no fizz, nothing happened at all.
3. Does adding the rocks actually do anything for the tank? I see some again say it is simply cosmetic, others say do not add them unless you want higher PH, some say that the rocks are inert and will not hurt anything...
I would really like to add them into the tank to give a more "natural" fee for the fish.
Thanks for any advice!
1. Cleaning them / prepping for adding to tank. Some say boil, some say dont boil, some say use bleach, others say dont, some say just drop them right in... AHHHHHH. What is the best option here? Honestly the reason for not boiling the rocks makes sense to me, and I do not want any *explosions* in the kitchen
2. I did the "vinegar test" on a few of them, no fizz, nothing happened at all.
3. Does adding the rocks actually do anything for the tank? I see some again say it is simply cosmetic, others say do not add them unless you want higher PH, some say that the rocks are inert and will not hurt anything...
I would really like to add them into the tank to give a more "natural" fee for the fish.
Thanks for any advice!