Live rock VS?
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Mandrew
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I strongly suggest reef cleaners rock!
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i just had that problem, i ended up with going LR. I like the chance of the wildness about it. its like you sneak downstairs at night with a red light to see what else is there. its a "is it good.....or.......bad " game
The recommended amount per gallon is quite a bit. I ended up going with a 65 gallon package for my 110gal display, so 130 lb LR. I bought an additional 40lb LS so I have 105lb LS, 130lb LR. It turned out to be a perfect amount for the look I was trying to accomplish.
Beginning research tonight and at first glance looks promising and affordable (rare to this hobby). I have read many horror stories about unwanted pests so I'm hesitant on live rock.
I was looking into pukani as my rock for the large surface area and reef cleaners claims a large surface area too.
But I still have time to research and change my mind for the twenty seventh time.
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I had a really hard time deciding to go dry rock or live rock that I'm too much of an adventurous and decide if I'm going to go and I'm going to go big I'm a little nervous because I'm not sure how to identify what is good and what is bad but thankfully for this site they love to identify things so it should be a fairly good endeavor good luck on what you choose and you gotta let us know
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I didn't go through all the posts. Just wanted to say that my first tank was started with live rock. I think it's good to do so just because of the interesting things that come out of the rock. Get to learn about all the hitchhikers. Sometimes you get some pretty cool things, to boot. My new tank was started with man made dry rock. I like it too because I get to seed the hitchhikers I want and not deal with the ones I don't want.
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Personally I'm not a huge fan of live rock. The only advantage I see is that you would have colored-up rock instantly. I also prefer the luxury of being able to layout and glue the rocks on my timeframe. For that reason, I use Marco Rocks. It's an amazing product at a great price. Just do your cycle and you are good to go. On top of that, I don't even do traditional cycles. I use Dr. Tim's One and Only and cycle it in less than a week. I literally have some fish and corals in my tanks within a week of setup! The Marco Rocks will arrive VERY clean... basically bleached white. But they color up really quick. I have had the Marco Rocks in mine for only 9 months and they have colored up amazing!
Here's a pic just days after I put the Marco Rocks in:
IMG_5307 by Toby Broadfield, on Flickr
And here it is 9 months later... I obviously changed the rock scape a bit. But as you can tell, not using live rock, not using live sand and not doing a traditional 1-2 month cycle has not prevented the tank from doing very well. I have zero algae and everything is doing wonderful.
IMG_4278 by Toby Broadfield, on Flickr
Here's a pic just days after I put the Marco Rocks in:
IMG_5307 by Toby Broadfield, on FlickrAnd here it is 9 months later... I obviously changed the rock scape a bit. But as you can tell, not using live rock, not using live sand and not doing a traditional 1-2 month cycle has not prevented the tank from doing very well. I have zero algae and everything is doing wonderful.
IMG_4278 by Toby Broadfield, on Flickr
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That is absolutely stunning and beautiful I really was on the fence about getting live rock or not but I figured if I was going to do it I wanted to see what type of life I would get with the wrong I'm still a little nervous because I'm new to this so I don't know what is good and what is bad butt I did decide that I was going to go ahead and do it and take it as an adventure this is fails it's a lesson learned if it works yay for mePersonally I'm not a huge fan of live rock. The only advantage I see is that you would have colored-up rock instantly. I also prefer the luxury of being able to layout and glue the rocks on my timeframe. For that reason, I use Marco Rocks. It's an amazing product at a great price. Just do your cycle and you are good to go. On top of that, I don't even do traditional cycles. I use Dr. Tim's One and Only and cycle it in less than a week. I literally have some fish and corals in my tanks within a week of setup! The Marco Rocks will arrive VERY clean... basically bleached white. But they color up really quick. I have had the Marco Rocks in mine for only 9 months and they have colored up amazing!
Here's a pic just days after I put the Marco Rocks in:
And here it is 9 months later... I obviously changed the rock scape a bit. But as you can tell, not using live rock, not using live sand and not doing a traditional 1-2 month cycle has not prevented the tank from doing very well. I have zero algae and everything is doing wonderful.
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So what kind of sand did you use? Beautiful tank!
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Beautiful tank! I'm a newby here and was wondering what kind of sand did you use?
Broadfield
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I'm not sure if you are talking to me, but I used Tropic Eden sand. They have several different sizes... all of them dust free and doesn't even need rinsing. Just get the non live sand.
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Thanks! And yes I was talking to you.
I'm new to forums and am having a hard time figuring out how to navigate. Lol.
Broadfield
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Thanks! And yes I was talking to you.
Well, don't hesitate to send me a private message if you have any questions about the site or this hobby in general. If I don't know the answer, I'll point you in the direction of one of our other brilliant members that will! You can simply click on my name to the left and then click on "Start a Conversation".
