Up to what temperature can to cycle rocks

[Joe Batt]

A strange question....I have a good quantity of old 'used' rocks that are in a trash can cooking in the shade in my garden with just a pump circulating the water.

I live in a VERY hot climate and the water is at 36C / 97F (summer isn't even here yet :( ) . Will the cooking stall and the cycle stop because its too hot for the bacteria to survive?

 

[madweazl]

A strange question....I have a good quantity of old 'used' rocks that are in a trash can cooking in the shade in my garden with just a pump circulating the water.

I live in a VERY hot climate and the water is at 36C / 97F (summer isn't even here yet :( ) . Will the cooking stall and the cycle stop because its too hot for the bacteria to survive?

What are you referring to with "cooking?"

 

[Joe Batt]

Old rocks being cleaned and cycled of old pests etc for several months.

 

[brandon429]

No it will still cycle. That’s not enough high range temp to kill bac and the scum that houses and insulates them from minor insults

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley Verified Community Expert]

I don't think the temperature will be an issue, as long as it doesn't get direct sun. :)

 

[Joe Batt]

It's in the shade....direct sun and it would boil