Can I add more?

Salty Cracker · 09/15/2014, 11:07 AM

Placed 20 pounds of live rock in my tank today. Will I be able to add more rock to the tank a couple weeks from now? Or should all live rock be placed now?

cloak · 09/15/2014, 11:09 AM

You can add more live rock down the road if you choose, just monitor your parameters closely though.

kw22 · 09/15/2014, 11:10 AM

What size is your tank?

Salty Cracker · 09/15/2014, 01:15 PM

50 gallons

Dan_P · 09/15/2014, 06:18 PM

I assume you have a new tank. If so, adding more rock later would not be an issue. Adding live rock to an established tank might cause a red slime outbreak. Not the end of the world but a nuisance.

09/15/2014, 11:07 AM	#1
Salty Cracker Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2014 Posts: 218	Can I add more? Placed 20 pounds of live rock in my tank today. Will I be able to add more rock to the tank a couple weeks from now? Or should all live rock be placed now?

09/15/2014, 11:10 AM	#3
kw22 Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: Éire (Republic of Ireland) Posts: 435	What size is your tank? __________________ If you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree,it will spend its whole life thinking that it is stupid. Current Tank Info: All freshwater at the moment.Hoping to set up a marine tank in the future.

09/15/2014, 11:09 AM	#2
cloak Moved On Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Stockton, CA Posts: 14,854	You can add more live rock down the road if you choose, just monitor your parameters closely though.

09/15/2014, 01:15 PM	#4
Salty Cracker Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2014 Posts: 218	50 gallons

09/15/2014, 06:18 PM	#5
Dan_P Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2014 Posts: 1,432	I assume you have a new tank. If so, adding more rock later would not be an issue. Adding live rock to an established tank might cause a red slime outbreak. Not the end of the world but a nuisance.