Cleaning Texas Holey Rock

[Chet]

I was at a landscape shop this past weekend getting some rocks for a landscape job I am working on. They had some pallets of Texas Holey Rock. I bought 50+ pounds of the stuff for just under $5. I am very stoked, as I took my time digging through the pallets and picked out 5 pretty cool looking pieces. Now I need to know how to clean it and pre it to put in my 30 gallon, soon to be African tank. :D

[jonah]

I just threw mine in the back of the pickup and took it down to the carwash. I hit it with the rinse (no soap) then took it back to the house.

If you want it as white as possible you can soak it in bleach for a week or two, then rinse it really, really well. I didn't care about the color so I skipped this part.

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I bought 50+ pounds of the stuff for just under $5.

Man, you people in Texas have all the luck :D

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[jonah]

Yes, but Chet has to live in Texas. :wink: An Okie just won their state lottery the other day, so some of that luck must rub off.

[BadAndy]

Hey Jonah,

I just noticed that you live in Oklahoma. All of my relatives live in Oklahoma except for my brother and my aunt. They live in Tulsa (my relatives- not my brother and aunt) to be exact.

Which part of Oklahoma are you from?

Hey are there any good places to get Texas Holey rock in Ok? I might be able to convince my wife for a detour to Texas before we go home but I doubt it. As I remember, it wasn't too far from Tulsa to Texas but I was ten at the time (then my family who lived in Texas moved to Tulsa).

BadAndy

Sorry for the off-topic post.

[jonah]

I'm originally from San Diego, California, but we moved to Mustang, just outside of Oklahoma City 8 years ago. I just got back from the Dallas area about an hour ago. It took about 4 1/2 hours each way. Tulsa is about 2 hours from here. I bought my rock at a landscaping yard in OKC, but it isn't the high grade stuff that you see in show tanks. Most of the holes are much smaller. Then again, it also cost about 9 cents a pound. I had to go through tons of rock to find the pieces I ended up with. I actually have a piece just sitting in my garage right now that weighs about 75lbs. It was a left over after I re-landscaped my tanks.

Sean (a member) lives over on the other side of OKC and has a nice selection of rock, some with the big holes. I think he charges about a dollar a pound though, but at least you wouldn't have any shipping costs. He's got a web site that has pictures and dimensions of his pieces.

www.texasholeyrock.com

[ferdelance]

if you have a pressure washer, try it . mine does a good job even gets algae off obviously make sure there is no soap in your pressure washer.