I appreciate you input but I'm going to go with live rock. It'll be out of water for 36 hours maximum which won't affect the rock whatsoever. Regarding live sand, I'm going bare bottom so no sand for me.
Well I agree but if the live rock is out of water for to long it will die
Just use live sand and live rock for like the island or whatever and for the back wall use dead live rock this way ur not rushing to get the back wall done and end up taking longer to cycle the tank just my opinion
It's ur tank