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06/10/2007, 12:23 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: melbourne FL USA
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dry base rock instead of live rock?
I would like to re do my aqua scape and I need some more rock.I have about 90 lbs of live rock in the tank now.Could I use dry base rock instead of live rock for the base of my structure?Is there any preparation steps I should take when doing this?
I figure the sand and existing rock will seed the new stuff any how.Would this keep the tank from going through another cycle?
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I could quit if I wanted to. Current Tank Info: 80g mixed reef |
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06/10/2007, 12:41 AM
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Location: Australia
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just keep evrything in the tank, or keep the time out of the tank to a minimum. place base rock down and re-scape.
it may go through anothe small cycle though if you stir every thing up, and if organisms on the rocks die |
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06/10/2007, 12:44 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Huntington Beach, CA
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FYI, You need to cure it like regular rock. before adding it to a display.
I love the stuff though.
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80g Aiptasia dominated reef tank.. with fish and now a bunch of berghia! Current Tank Info: 80g tank, re-starting a reef after a zoanthid nudibranch plauge, followed by months of steady and unstoppable STN/RTN, crashed; stayed FOWLR for a couple years, currently an aiptasia dominated reef tank with fishies and BERGHIA |
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06/11/2007, 03:59 PM
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Excellent way to stack a pile at a cheap price.
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