Can I do the RO & vinegar mixture to clean rock outside?

[chabooky386]

I recently got some old rock & I want to clean it with the mixture. But the only room I will have is to leave about 200 pounds with a rock outside. I have a water tub but it has no lid. I was going to circulate it with some pumps but I live in Texas and was wondering if the sun would have any effect?

[Benny314]

I've used water and vinegar to clean equipment (running your skimmer in a bucket of it does wonders), not sure about using it on rock. Surly vinegar would continue to leach for a while and cause PH problems etc.

However I wouldn't of thought much would grow in a vinegar solution even if it was getting great sunlight. What about an acid dip, you only need to dip the rock a few minutes and then wash it off with a jet wash or something similar, just make sure you don't make the acid bath to strong as it will dissolve your rock in no time.

[chabooky386]

I don't have a skimmer. I was wondering if I left my tub outside would it be prone to growing algae with the sun beaming on it?

[chabooky386]

???

[Benny314]

I'd mentioned a skimmer in regards to using water and vinegar to clean it. Sorry if this has caused confusion.

 

As I said I doubt much would grow in a vinegar solution.

Alternatively you could always pull a tarpaulin over the container to keep the sun off it?

[chabooky386]

Perfect thanks!

[seabass]

The rock would quickly neutralize the acid in the vinegar.

 

Some people use 1:20 solution of muriatic acid, or even bleach (both can be fairly dangerous to work with).

 

A hose and a brush is a good place to start. Afterward, you could cure it in saltwater. I'd seed it with Dr.Tim's One and Only nitrifying bacteria.