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03-22-2006, 09:40 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Atlanta, GA
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Cooking my rock: Special Cool Down Cycle
For about 6 weeks now, I've had all my rock sitting in a 60gal trash can in the garage with a mag 5 with a Kent venturi aerator and a heater. This weekend, I was planning to change the water, so I removed the heater and made a few other preparations, got sidetracked and didn't get back until today. We've had a bit of a cool spell here in Atlanta, and I fear that the water temp dipped down into the mid-60 deg range for a couple of days...
Any ideas on the overall impact of this??
-Phil
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03-22-2006, 10:50 PM
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Just some guy, you know?
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Phoenix, AZ
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I would say the impact is very little, assuming you are still cooking it, if the rock were to go right in the tank at this point I might worry, but I think the bacteria will rebuild very fast.
Whiskey
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03-22-2006, 11:01 PM
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I've got the REEF rash!
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: New Jersey
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It should seed ok with some LR!
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03-22-2006, 11:06 PM
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Eat more PIE
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Florida Panhandle
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You will have no problems .
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03-23-2006, 08:11 AM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Atlanta, GA
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I plan on cooking it for at least a few more weeks, and then moving it slowly back into the display system (filling the sump with the uglier pieces first). I happen to have a few rocks still in my sump now, so I'll probably toss them in the trash can cooker (now heated) just in case some 'seeding' is needed.
-Phil
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03-23-2006, 08:23 AM
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Just some guy, you know?
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Phoenix, AZ
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Good idea, that will help your cultures build back up faster.
Whiskey
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02-15-2009, 11:02 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Aloha, Oregon
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how's the smell that trash can puts out?
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02-15-2009, 11:03 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Aloha, Oregon
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I need to do this, but am afraid my wife will freak when the garage smells like a fish market
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02-16-2009, 12:35 AM
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Non-Hypocritical
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Hillbillyville Alabama
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You can cook rock outside. Just make sure you use a heater to maintain the temperature. As long as the container stays closed, the smell isn't really that bad. When it comes time to do anything with the containers, simply open the garage doors, put a fan blowing across the containers out the door to ventilate the smell outside, then invest in some air freshener.
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02-16-2009, 03:08 AM
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Carpe Noctem
 
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Western Colorado
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Mine only smelled for the first week and it really wasn't that noticeable at all in the garage...
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02-16-2009, 06:30 PM
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uber-stupid
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Biloxi, MS
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Better the garage than the house.
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