I was wondering if the river rocks from Lowes would be safe to use in my aquarium. I’m talking about the bags of rocks. I already got them and started cleaning them when I realized I’m not sure how they would affect the water parameters of my tank. Does anyone know if these stones are safe to use? Would they leech anything into my tank?
River rocks from Lowes?
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Well they may rise the pH/gH.
Let them dry and but some vinegar on them.
A pic would also help.
Let them dry and but some vinegar on them.
A pic would also help.
If they are river rocks they should be fine to use. You could also do a test with White Vinegar take a few place them in a bucket pour vinegar on them If the rocks don't fizzle then absolutely safe.
They will totally work but be careful. i have used similar before. They collect waste. They are difficult to vacuum. I switched to sand and never turned back.
Thank you so much!!! They didn’t fizzle at all. What would fizzle that would make them unsafe?
They'll be safe I've used them but I agree, difficult to clean
I was kind of worried about that but I’m not planning on using all of them, just a like six or seven. My main substrate is sand and I thought they would go good together.
If it would fizzle it means that the rock would be dissolvable in water. Also that the rock would bleed chemicals into the water at an extremely fast rate.