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02-13-2006, 01:33 PM
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big tang
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: Kansas City
Posts: 256
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Isn't it amazing how bad those rocks can smell too? 
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02-13-2006, 01:55 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Sarasota Florida
Posts: 135
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Originally Posted by elephen
Isn't it amazing how bad those rocks can smell too? 
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You know I read that they stink on some peoples posts but mine have yet to stink.I dont know why.Maybe because I had them already in my tank for 3 months before I did this and basted them daily.I'm doing a dunk and swish again today along with the waterchange.They shed but dont stink.
I have a heater and an air stone in there no powerhead but I dont think would make any difference. 
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02-13-2006, 02:54 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Sarasota Florida
Posts: 135
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Udate
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02-13-2006, 02:58 PM
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big tang
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: Kansas City
Posts: 256
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How long has it been cooking for now?
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02-13-2006, 03:06 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Sarasota Florida
Posts: 135
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Not sure about the exact date but it was around the middle of January. 
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02-13-2006, 03:16 PM
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big tang
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: Kansas City
Posts: 256
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How much longer are you going to cook it for? Few more weeks?
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02-13-2006, 03:40 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Sarasota Florida
Posts: 135
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Originally Posted by elephen
How much longer are you going to cook it for? Few more weeks?
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Thats a good question.Its hard to say realy because as I understand it you must wait untill the dunk and swish doesnt produce dirty water anylonger(two months or a little longer in some cases).Here is a picture from todays dunk and swish and as you can see its not any cleaner than the last couple time I dunked and swished so more cooking it is.Here is todays dirty water
Here is a picture of two swish's ago.

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02-13-2006, 06:05 PM
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big tang
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: Kansas City
Posts: 256
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Wow, so you may have quite a bit longer to go
Maybe 2-3 weeks, it seems to clear up pretty quickly... Also depends on how dirty your rocks were before to though.
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02-13-2006, 06:41 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: newyork
Posts: 90
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nice work
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02-15-2006, 01:38 AM
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Got Crabs?
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Woodbury, MN
Posts: 5,526
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Hang in there, it does work, I wish I would have done it on my tank originally but did not know about it at the time. I have since cooked about 50 pounds of rock for my sump,nano, and frag tank and you will be amazed at how clean your rock is.
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02-15-2006, 09:24 AM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Sarasota Florida
Posts: 135
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Thanx,Thats very encouraging to hear. 
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02-15-2006, 09:58 AM
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Big C*ck
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Waterbury, Ct
Posts: 172
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Hey boat did you consider using rubbermaids all the way thru instead of 5 gal buckets?
I was using 5 gal buckets at first but found that I just couldn't get violent enough with the swishing.
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02-15-2006, 10:26 AM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Sarasota Florida
Posts: 135
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No I didnt.I was just following SeanT's instructions.It seems to be working pretty good.I get a pretty violent swish going.The rock gets swished in each bucket from both side of each rock.I dunk and swish them about 10-15 times per rock per bucket.I think I need to get like three more buckets though so that the rock is swished in cleaner water as the final swish before going back into the cook tub.It seems that the buckets of water get so dirty very quikly.
I'll consider it though.Thanx for the tip. 
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02-15-2006, 10:28 AM
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Big C*ck
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Waterbury, Ct
Posts: 172
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Originally Posted by Boat Racer
No I didnt.I was just following SeanT's instructions.It seems to be working pretty good.I get a pretty violent swish going.The rock gets swished in each bucket from both side of each rock.I dunk and swish them about 10-15 times per rock per bucket.I think I need to get like three more buckets though so that the rock is swished in cleaner water as the final swish before going back into the cook tub.It seems that the buckets of water get so dirty very quikly.
I'll consider it though.Thanx for the tip. 
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At my peak I was using 5 little rubbermaids.
LOL at the end of the 5th one the water was kind of clean.. The next week there was just as much crap.
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02-15-2006, 10:33 AM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Sarasota Florida
Posts: 135
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Schwag
How long did the cooking take in your case?
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