I boil them. Mostly because my wife thinks I'm crazy when I boil rocks

Good reason!

My wife knows I'm a little out there, but she loves me anyway. Alright, like I said, I didn't boil 'em. Skipped my entire routine with the bleach and everything. For one thing, there's probably a thousand pounds of rock there for all my tanks and I'm tired of delays. I rinsed 'em down with a hose since the weather was nice, and that was it. So, we'll see how it goes.

WYite

The kids find rocks from where ever. All I've ever done is rinsed them off and tossed them into whatever tank they're going into. So long as it rinses mostly clear it's good enough and I've never had any problems with it.

You'd be surprised how little 1000 pounds of rock is too depending on the type. There was a masonry company that donated 1500ish lbs of quartz stones a while back and the rocks only filled two 55g totes. When they said 1500lbs I was expecting something like a flat bed pickup filled.

I am haveing so much fun with all of you that live in the frozen waste lands of the north . If I ever do move back up north it will be Wyoming I have been thete several time but never in the winter. Because if you have not figured it out yet I HATE SNOW.Why do you think I live in the desert!