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    Posted: April 04 2009 at 5:59pm
I have recently aquired some Utah rock and it has the normal everyday green moss that grows here in Utah, it is dried up but it is there. Is that something I should be too horrably concernerd about or just drop it in. I did rinse it first but not all of it came off. prety caked on.
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I've used rock in freshwater tanks that had lichen/moss I couldn't power-wash off. It would just grow a white fungus like stuff over it then disappear in about a month.

I'm sure their are people that would disagree with this, but I've seen a few posts on RC where people claim base rock is often full of phosphates that leech out over months/years. Supposedly the best way to deal with this is an overnight soak in vinegar. That should also kill/dissolve anything organic living or growing on the rock. It might be worth a shot.


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I wish the Vinagar thing would work, They are LARGE rocks with awesome caves and don't want to break them up. Over 65+ LBS.  I am hoping a toothbrush/chissel wasn't going to be needed but sounds like it might.
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Please read the information that will answer all your questions,(for both of you). See this thread:
http://www.utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9244

Oh and do not, I repeat DO NOT soak it in vinegar. LBTR/Utah Rock is made of Calcium Carbonate and will dissolve in vinegar.
Also do not boil it, do not use any chemicals on it, just blast off it with clean water using high pressure like at the car wash.


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Originally posted by Mark Peterson Mark Peterson wrote:

Oh and do not, I repeat DO NOT soak it in vinegar. LBTR/Utah Rock is made of Calcium Carbonate and will dissolve in vinegar.

Yes Calcium Carbonate dissolves *very* slowly in vinegar, but not enough to make an appreciably difference overnight. Especially considering the fact that most people dilute the vinegar even further (maybe two or three gallons in a rubbermaid tub of RO water).

I will concede that this may be a bad idea with LBTR. The stuff I have falls apart by itself without any help from a weak acid bath.


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