Bleaching flourite

[iantan05]

Hey,

I have been neglected my RCS tank and a ton of staghorn algae had grown on my gravel which happens to be Flourite dark. I was wondering if i could bleach the gravel to kill the algae and yet use it again. One more thing is a solution that would be needed if i needed to removed the algae.
How about should i start

Thanks,
Ian

[BlueLagoon]

Can you be real careful and scrape off the top layer? If so, thats what I would do. Then toss it and add new if needed.

[confuted]

I've bleached regular flourite and it was fine. No discoloration in a rather strong bleach:water concentration ... killed bba instantly.

[cah925]

I also recently bleached my Flourite for the same problems you have. I soaked it in a large tub with a stong bleach:water solution. I stirred it up every chance I got over two days to make sure the bleach got to every part of the Flourite. Then I used a lot of dechlor over several days (stirring as much as possible again). A new batch of dechlor was used each day followed by a final rinsing over screen as if I was preparing a new batch. In the end, I did not smell bleach so I put it back in the tank. Unfortunately, I bleached the whole tank and everything associated with the tank so I am in the process of cycling the tank before I can put any fish back in.

[iantan05]

oh ok.. sweet i guess ill do that because im not really into a major rescape just a minor one.