Update 2: Fun With Chemicals
I had to visit 4 different stores to find 'that bit' of rock.
Got this as dry rock, what appealed to me about this rock was its height which matched the tank and the arch.
Really wanted a clean bit of rock with zero chance of phosphates leaching and no organic matter to break down over time.
Added some flat feet to the piece with epoxy putty
The plan is to pre drill the rock for CeramEco frag plugs
To remove any possible sources of phosphates or other contaminates I ordered 40L of vinegar and pure bleach
My neighbor undoubtedly thinks I am running some sort of methlab.
It did not help things when the guy selling me cheato macro algey showed up 11pm the other night with a big ziplock bag of it.
She fake coughed as she walked past probably believing she had just witnessed a huge drug deal.
Dry rock bubbling like crazy as the outer layer is disolved away
Bleach bath to break down any remaining organic material
More to come...
Got this as dry rock, what appealed to me about this rock was its height which matched the tank and the arch.
Really wanted a clean bit of rock with zero chance of phosphates leaching and no organic matter to break down over time.
Added some flat feet to the piece with epoxy putty
The plan is to pre drill the rock for CeramEco frag plugs
To remove any possible sources of phosphates or other contaminates I ordered 40L of vinegar and pure bleach
My neighbor undoubtedly thinks I am running some sort of methlab.
It did not help things when the guy selling me cheato macro algey showed up 11pm the other night with a big ziplock bag of it.
She fake coughed as she walked past probably believing she had just witnessed a huge drug deal.
Dry rock bubbling like crazy as the outer layer is disolved away
Bleach bath to break down any remaining organic material
More to come...
