Tank decorations

[GiveMeABMW]

I have some stone (not sure what kind, it's pinkish and looks stratified)
decorations left over from another fish tank. They were almost completely
covered in algae. The only way I could think to get it off (scrubbing didn't
work) was to put them in a garden fountain I have (I put chlorine tablets in
its water to prevent algae). It seems to have completely killed it, but how do
I make them safe to go in the tank? Would boiling work?

[Gunther]

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> I have some stone (not sure what kind, it's pinkish and looks stratified)
> decorations left over from another fish tank. They were almost completely
> covered in algae. The only way I could think to get it off (scrubbing didn't
> work) was to put them in a garden fountain I have (I put chlorine tablets in
> its water to prevent algae). It seems to have completely killed it, but how do
> I make them safe to go in the tank? Would boiling work?
>
Rinse them really well (boiling not necessary)
with hot water, let them air dry.

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if it is sandstone of some kind it isnt really suitable for GF tanks. Ingrid

(GiveMeABMW) wrote:

>I have some stone (not sure what kind, it's pinkish and looks stratified)
>decorations left over from another fish tank. They were almost completely
>covered in algae. The only way I could think to get it off (scrubbing didn't
>work) was to put them in a garden fountain I have (I put chlorine tablets in
>its water to prevent algae). It seems to have completely killed it, but how do
>I make them safe to go in the tank? Would boiling work?



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