"Dick" wrote in message
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The sun bleaches the media so it "looks" clean. Also, I have a
notion, that it does some kind of good. When I was a teen ager I used
to remove the gravel and spread it on newspaper in the sun. I don't
remember why. It's just a notion in my head. Since I am happy with
how my 5 tanks are doing, I just thought I would mention this oddity.
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If it works for you then stick with it. When I've had a disease/parasite
problem in a tank and had to tear it down I would not only bleach everything
but then do as you do and dry it out in the sun. I believe the ultraviolet
rays of the sun sterilize and cleanse things. Take a sniff of laundry from
a dryer then a sniff from something that line dried in the sun........
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Koi-Lo....
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Aquariums since 1952.
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