Interim idea?

[livinlifeinBKK]

Beautiful sun corals!

I have always loved quite a few NPS corals, just do not have the patience to hand feed them.

Thanks! And yeah, you're certainly not alone...not many people are willing or have the time/patience to feed them as necessary. After you train them to open up during the day though, they're absolutely beautiful parts of any tank imo!

 

[dave01282000]

Will I need to invest in a dedicated turkey baster?

 

[livinlifeinBKK]

Will I need to invest in a dedicated turkey baster?

Haha...believe or not a pair of tweezers is all that's required...you can feed them full sized mysis

 

[homer1475]

Will I need to invest in a dedicated turkey baster?

Need one to blow off the rocks from time to time anyways. Doubling as a feeder is just a bonus.

 

[dave01282000]

I seem to remember reading there are outfits out of Florida that will ship live rock...any recommendations for a reliable place to look up?

 

[homer1475]

Tampa Bay Saltwater – America's #1 Live Rock for Reef Aquariums

 

[homer1475]

Real ocean rock is spendy, but well worth the price over dry.

You can pretty much skip your cycle, and add fish/corals on day one with this kind of rock.

 

[dave01282000]

Awesome, thanks! Was spring loaded to go for the premium but noticed there's a note that specifically says to use base live rock to cycle a tank.

30lbs of rock for a 20gal tank sound about right?

 

[livinlifeinBKK]

Awesome, thanks! Was spring loaded to go for the premium but noticed there's a note that specifically says to use base live rock to cycle a tank.

30lbs of rock for a 20gal tank sound about right?

You should contact them and ask since the density of rock varies

 

[dave01282000]

I looked closer at the notes and they recommend 2 lbs/gal...more is fine since the plan is for all of it to move over into the 75 eventually.

 

[fish farmer]

Awesome, thanks! Was spring loaded to go for the premium but noticed there's a note that specifically says to use base live rock to cycle a tank.

30lbs of rock for a 20gal tank sound about right?

I'd personally just get the base coralline if this is your starter tank, 30 lbs should be fine. It would be good to have a few pieces of dry Marco rock for filler if that isn't enough. It's all eventually going to go into the 75.

The premium does look good....I'd hold off and use that for topping the big tank.

I had some basic coraline rock from another vendor many years ago, only 30 lbs but it yielded lots of things like urchins, macro algae and snails.

Another rock option is KP Aquatics.

 

[edd59]

i would go with KP rock and fill the 20 with 20lbs of kp and what ever rock you plan on using in the 75. with a heater and power head and let it start cycling