stock tank?

fireman23 · Mar 10, 2014

Is anyone using or has used a stock tank for fish and frags? Ideas or pics would be great. I am currently tank less. I am going to use the stock tank to cycle my rock and sand then I will add fish and coral until I get a new tank . Any advice is appreciated

Dowtish · Mar 10, 2014

I have seen plenty of folks do this intentionally and when they were upgrading but needed the old tank out so the new could be built and plumbed etc. It's totally doable.

fireman23 · Mar 10, 2014

Would you cycle the rock and sand together or not? The reason I ask is because I will be use dead rock. I've always bought live rock when setting up tanks before.

Dowtish · Mar 10, 2014

I would just put a decent amount of sand into a container that you could set into the stock tank. Just enough to seed the rest of the sand when you go to set up the actual tank. seems like it would be a pain to put it all in there and then try to get it all out.

fireman23 · Mar 10, 2014

Yeah good point. I am just concerned with the rock leaching phosphate. I will do the sand in container .

Dowtish · Mar 10, 2014

add a reactor with some GFO. that will remove any phos.

fireman23 · Mar 10, 2014

I was planning on doing that but hearing horror stories about the brs pukani rock and going thru gfo quick. Where did you get ur rock from that you had curing? Process?