I was thinking about rinseing my aquarium gravel for the bottom of the vivarium but it says to do it a few times but do you need to rinse it for use under the dirt? I mean its gona be hard buying a bunch of distilled water to rinse it 
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Gravel rinseing
dd5
Aug 17, 2003 04:57 PM
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hecktick_punker
Aug 17, 2003 06:16 PM
Since the gravel is being used under the actual substrate, removing all of the dust and dirt from it isn't too large of an issue. When I use gravel in my terrariums I normally just place it in a kitchen strainer and run it under the sink a few times but you shouldn't need to really wash it thoroughly like you would if you were using it in an aquarium or as the actual substrate for the cage. Good luck,
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dd5
Aug 17, 2003 06:22 PM
I was going to rinse it in the sink but was scared of the super sensitiveity of these frogs to chlorine thats the only big issuie I had
slaytonp
Aug 17, 2003 07:09 PM
Go ahead and rinse it in the sink, then spread it out to dry off. The chlorine will dissipate. I don't know why you would need to rinse at all if it's going to be under the soil.
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dd5
Aug 17, 2003 07:17 PM
Thats what I was wondering if I even need to rinse it at all.
rc_racer_007
Aug 17, 2003 07:53 PM
i dont guess you have to. I just put mine in a strainer to ran it under the tank and tried to towel dry it. I just did it so all the itty bitty peices of gravel and dirt didnt make their way through the fiberglass netting. I dont see where it would be required.
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