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06/04/2006, 06:50 PM
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Location: nc
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? on liverock
i have a 72 gl that i just started and i am new to the hobby
is liverock a must if to put in a eel or a shark i know i am planning on going bigger. i was told sooner or later base rock will become liverock is this true and how long does it take? where can i find cheap yet good liverock. what would you say is the most cost effective way to add live rock to your tank Last edited by elord; 06/04/2006 at 07:09 PM. |
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06/04/2006, 07:07 PM
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Base rock will become live rock eventually. You can find some deals on the internet, but shipping will cost you. I called around to lfs and then went looking. I caught one on a day that they gave me a great deal
 Good luck. I don't know about the shark question.
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06/05/2006, 07:45 AM
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There is no set time when base rock becomes live rock. It really depends. If you add in almost all dry base rock and just a couple pieces of live rock, it can take months for all the base rock to become live rock. It also depends on how much you feed your tank. If there's no food supply / waste to be broken down, then there will not be enough food for the bacteria population to expand, and it will take much longer for the base rock to become live rock. But, that doesn't mean that you should overfeed your tank to help the process along. While going with mostly base rock will save you money, it does mean you'll have to be more patient when it comes to stocking your tank. Save money = spend time in this regard.
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06/05/2006, 08:25 AM
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72 gallon tank is a little to small for a shark
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06/05/2006, 08:55 AM
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if you are planning on a shark, then the LR is not needed. however a HUGE tank is. even the smallest sharks are big. a full grown bambo shark will get over 3' long. many places will say they dont need more than a 180-200 gal tank but they do. or atleast a tank thats long and wide. putting a shark in a standard 180g would be like putting a bottlenosed dolphin in a swimming pool. it may survive, but it would never be happy and would live a much shortened life.
eels on the other hand will need rocks to hide in. you can use base rock for this, but if you only use base rock it will never become live rock (LR). you will need to see the base with LR. the more LR you have the quicker all the rock becomes LR. there are many eels that dont require huge tanks, even a few that would work in your current tank. you will need to do some research on those. what part of NC are you from?
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