Boiling Gravel
I was looking thru some of my old aquarium stuff in the garage today and found some old gravel that I remember using a few years ago. I also found my old 10 gallon and 29 gallon tanks from years and years ago. I was wondering if it was ok to boil the gravel before I put it in one of the aquariums? Will the color fade? Will it realese anything harmful? I always boil my local pea pebbles that I get out of the river but I don't know what will happen if I boil this stuff.
It seems to be the standard gravel that you could buy at Wal-mart or a chain pet store. I want to boil it because I don't remember why I took it out of the tank a few years ago. I just want to make sure that it isn't carrying any diseases before I put it in the tank.
Answers:yes you absolutely can and in fact should, that way there is no bad bacteria on it
As for the tank, i would use white vinegar, pour it on, let it sit for about 2 hours and then wash it out until you don't smell the vinegar anymore with warm water
Hope that helps
Good luck
EB
We always boiled ours and the color was great afterwards..
Yes, you can boil the gravel.