new to reef

BarbH · Jun 5, 2012

For the idea of doing the two sides in stages, if you are adding rock to a system that already has fish or coral in it I would use live rock. Before adding it to the tank I would let it cure in a seperate bin to make sure that you don't have any die off that could cause a cycle in the tank. If you use dry rock to add than you definitly would want to let it cure in a seperate bin. Again this is going based on adding rock to a system that has stuff in it.

zep · Jun 5, 2012

I'll be using cured live rock then

BarbH · Jun 5, 2012

Should be good than, hopefully someone else will verify that. Biggest thing is that you don't want to set your tank into a cycle once you have things in it

zep · Jun 5, 2012

Indeed that wouldn't be too great lol.

Im 100% gonna try do a gully style rock scape or at least attempt to, gonna have a play about with a the rock later and see what happens

Loki · Jun 5, 2012

Agreed. You would (once you have livestock in the tank) only be able to add cured live rock. You can still buy dry rock and cure it yourself to save some/a lot of money.