whats the best way to clean some rocks i found?

[MYoung]

found some rocks in the creek bed behind my house the other day and am thinking about putting them in my tank, whats the best way to go abouts cleaning them?

 

[COLDasICE]

You can boil and scrub them.

 

[flyin lizard]

If the creek has no chemical pollution then a good scrub and boil for about 30 minutes should do fine .
Free rocks are good rocks..

 

[TheFishJunky]

I usually sit them in a bucket with aquarium salt for about an hour and then scrub em real good with scolding hot water.then let them soak again in aquarium salt with boiling water.I usually use a 5 gallon bucket for all this

 

[chrisk]

Boil and scrub with a wire brush

 

[skateatburners]

i just scrubed mine in super hot water.. almost boiling.

 

[MYoung]

so just boil and scrub then boil again will work just fine? thanks!!!!

now how about some drift wood i found in there as well?

 

[BaldoBoy]

do the same with driftwood. boil it. you may have to do this a couple of times or soak it in water for a couple days after you boil it to get the tannins out.the color is not toxic to the fish, it just turns youre water brown.

 

[MYoung]

do the same with driftwood. boil it. you may have to do this a couple of times or soak it in water for a couple days after you boil it to get the tannins out.the color is not toxic to the fish, it just turns youre water brown.

how long does the colorating stay in the water?

 

[BaldoBoy]

depends on type of wood and how long you boiled it. it may be 3 to 4 water changes. its hard to say for sure. seems every piece is different.