Basic questions

Jacob Deeter · Jun 4, 2015

29 gallon bio cube!!!! first off what should I use to clean my old liverock that hasn't seen water in a long time?

was wondering if what I want in it would work at all as well..

For corals I would like to have 3 acans, a frogspawn and a hammer.
For fish I was thinking 1 or 2 mandarin gobies, a green clown goby and possibly another goby.
For snails and crabs I was thinking around 7 turbo snails an emerald and or a sally lightfoot

The lighting in the tank is 16" 36w actinic 10k, 16" daylight 36w 10k, and 3 or 4 led bars in cool white and lunar blue.
any and all help is appreciated thanks

!!!!

Randy Holmes-Farley · Jun 4, 2015

Does the rock have visible organic matter (like dead algae or sponges, etc.) on it??

Jacob Deeter · Jun 4, 2015

it does indeed

Randy Holmes-Farley · Jun 4, 2015

Then I'd bleach it first, then possibly give it an acid soak.

The bleach removes the organic crap, and then the acid will dissolve the outer surface to remove phosphate and other undesirables bound to the calcium carbonate.

Try searching to find threads describing bleaching of rock.

Jacob Deeter · Jun 4, 2015

thanks much appreciated

Jacob Deeter · Jun 4, 2015

Randy Holmes-Farley · Jun 4, 2015

Are you bumping for specific directions, or something else?

Jacob Deeter · Jun 5, 2015

the compatibility of my fish selections and corals as well as if the lighting is too weak or strong for the hammer or frogspawn been reading they are kinda finicky when it comes to lighting

Randy Holmes-Farley · Jun 5, 2015

I see nothing wrong with the organisms selections, but I'm not familiar enough with LED's to answer the lighting questions.

I'll move this to the main forum for those questions.