What do you think?

I am going to get a piece from my old tank, that's in my condo in San Diego, that my sister lives in. I gave her my last setup. I can't do that here, because Petco is the only Saltwater LFS, and all their stuff is full of aiptasia. So, I have to assume so is everyone else's in State College. But, in the meantime, I am going to cycle as if without.
 
I am going to get a piece from my old tank, that's in my condo in San Diego, that my sister lives in. I gave her my last setup. I can't do that here, because Petco is the only Saltwater LFS, and all their stuff is full of aiptasia. So, I have to assume so is everyone else's in State College. But, in the meantime, I am going to cycle as if without.
I cycled my 150 in about 2 weeks using that method ,haven't lost any livestock
 
Here in Idaho there aren't any legitimate lf what if I got a small cup full of sand from an established tank of someone I know?
 
Got mine in yesterday, but the weather was bad, so had to powerwash them this morning... And got them in, with the sand. My RODI filter is slow as molasses, so... Gonna be a few days getting water in... Looks good. What method are you going for cycle? I got Bio-Spira, and going no lights, with bits of raw shrimp for 1-3 months...
You probably know already, but putting the rock in first and pour the sand around it is more secure. I did it as suggested by another R2R member, and it saved me big time. I had a structure built with coral on it, put in an Orange Spotted Goby, and wallah! The little sucker dug underneath it to make his little humble home. Good luck. Can't wait to see pics so I can swipe some ideas for a new scape! [emoji12]
 
I'm real patient. I'm 40 years old, been reefing for 25 years. Back then, live rock was so "alive", they'd practically get up and walk away. Full of lifeforms. And coral was expensive... But then again, not really. Nothing was REAL expensive, because the cost of living was different. I try and cycle for a long period of time, to get everything really livened up as far as bacteria... And I'll grab rock from my last tank, and some sand... I'd trade in SD with people who had clean setups to diversify the positive stock of micro organisms and what not...
 
Here in Idaho there aren't any legitimate lf what if I got a small cup full of sand from an established tank of someone I know?
Sand will help your substrate, adding sand wiil turn your sand into "live sand" faster. Sand doesn't have as much surface area as rock so the diversity of bacteria is limited severely. Live rock will be your best bet.
 
Here in Idaho there aren't any legitimate lf what if I got a small cup full of sand from an established tank of someone I know?
That has been suggested by other members here as well. I grabbed some sand from my old tank and mixed it with new sand when I upgraded to a larger tank and had to buy more sand. Worked perfect. I knew where it came from, what it had in it, and knew what risk I was taking.
 
You probably know already, but putting the rock in first and pour the sand around it is more secure. I did it as suggested by another R2R member, and it saved me big time. I had a structure built with coral on it, put in an Orange Spotted Goby, and wallah! The little sucker dug underneath it to make his little humble home. Good luck. Can't wait to see pics so I can swipe some ideas for a new scape! [emoji12]
Yeah, I did that. I actually have the screen that is left over from my ATS build underneath the rock. My rock would be close to the rim if not...
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Yeah, I did that. I actually have the screen that is left over from my ATS build underneath the rock. My rock would be close to the rim if not...
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Nice! Did you just strategically stack them or cement them together? I read another member used hydraulic cement and it worked great. Was thinking about using it as well
 
I started with epoxy/putty/cement crap... That stuff never works for me. And, I tried some silicon... Then I just used my untapped 4th grade puzzle skills, and pieced it together strong enough for a polar bear to step on. A large, plush, polar bear... I got a while to cycle, and a 100% water change coming up at the end... I'll just order the glue or use these melted plastic ball things someone suggested to me earlier... Not too worried at the moment. I actually am only "okay" with this. It was still kind of a cold day, and this is in my garage, with both doors open while I was "scaping". I got frustrated and left it at this.
 
I started with epoxy/putty/cement crap... That stuff never works for me. And, I tried some silicon... Then I just used my untapped 4th grade puzzle skills, and pieced it together strong enough for a polar bear to step on. A large, plush, polar bear... I got a while to cycle, and a 100% water change coming up at the end... I'll just order the glue or use these melted plastic ball things someone suggested to me earlier... Not too worried at the moment. I actually am only "okay" with this. It was still kind of a cold day, and this is in my garage, with both doors open while I was "scaping". I got frustrated and left it at this.
Ha, that's funny. I was wondering about those plastic balls myself.
 
I feel better now, hearing y'alls input. Yeah, I lived in Texas, besides PA and CA.
 
Logan! Sorry!! Hijacking! My bad!! We go way back to the days of shims and what not! I actually am going to dump right into the sand to cause as big as mess as possible. I got two sands, and want to mix them. I'll be running flow so heavy that it will all sift it's way down before retrofit (adding livestock).
 

IF YOU HAD TO TAKE A REEFING EXAM, WOULD YOU PASS?

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