Question: Beach Rocks and rinsing

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Hi, I found some really amazing volcanic rocks at the beach last weekend that are PERFECT for my Axie tank. I currently have the siting in my bathtub filled with water to rinse salt from and have changed water every couple of days, but I was just wondering how long i should rinse them before putting them in with my Axies. Is a week long enough or should it be longer? any ideas? :happy:
 
I know axolotls are really sensitive to water quality but when I used to have beta fish I found shells at the beach and was told to boil them in water for several minutes and after that I put them in the tank and the beta fish was totally fine. I suggest waiting for some other people to answer and double check me on that but I know rinsing alone will not get rid of the sand, salt, and other things from being on the beach
 
LOL...all my rocks are too big to boil...i guess i can do multiple baths with just hot water...Thank you for the reply
 
I hosed a bunch of them in a bucket for 5 minutes in my backyard, and put them in my tank a year ago.

No harm came of it at all.

I don't think you need to soak or boil them, they're only rocks with a bit of salt on them that will rinse off.
 
You could slowly pour boiling water on them, making sure to get into all the crevices and such. That would be better than just soaking. If it were me, I would do that several times to make sure I removed as much "beach" as possible. I have done this many times for my aquariums and reptiles, with things that were too big to boil.
 
I think the hot baths sound like the best thing :) not that I would really know what's best but I think it airs on the safe side and a thorough rinse might do the trick but hot water sounds safer to me
 
hey guys, Thanks heaps for the responses. I'll give it a go with the hot water. I have an ion filter as well as external canister filter so i should be right. The ion filter is pretty amazing so im sure it should take care of any beach 'leftovers' .
 
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