Utah Ice Rock: A warning.

[William]

This stuff looks almost like glass, specially when it gets into the water it looks alot like glass, but its not.

My warning is, that you shouldn't buy it for the aquarium.


Why?

Well I bought a crapload of it for my 29gal, and guess what? Its all gone!

Yes, thats right.. it slowly dissolved away, over about 5 months some very large pieces are down to tiny little slivers.


Just a heads up, don't buy it unless you want to have to KEEP buying it

 

[ScottS]

Just curious, what did it do to the water hardness and alkalinity?

 

[patryuji]

This ice rock wouldn't have its roots from Salt lake would it? Sounds like you put big chunks of salt in your tank.

 

[Sati]

I've never heard of the stuff, but man, that's nuts...

 

[William]

Its not salt. If it was salt my fish would be dead right now.


and I don't have an Alk or Hardness test. Sorry.

 

[patryuji]

It is probably selenite, a crystalline form of gypsum (CaSO4-2H2O) precipitated from salt waters...and other minerals/water/air could be trapped inside of it as it forms.

http://www.nps.gov/whsa/GeologicProcesses.htm

 

[Menagerie]

Thanks for the warning!

 

[krap101]

maybe its really ice 8) 8O

 

[ScottS]

:insert fake sitcom laugh track here: