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I posted a review under its own topic.
i started my tank 18 months ago with 100 lbs of dry rock. It just isn’t thriving as it should be. I am planning on ordering 20lbs of Tampa Bay live rock. Since it ships in water, Can I add this rock directly to my tank? How big a risk are the bad hitchhikers to my already established fish and coral?
My dead rock is now live but the tank wasn’t thriving as I thought it should despite very steady parameters. pH 8-8.3 dkh 7.5 - 8 calcium 410 temp 77. Phosphates always less than .1 and nitrates at 2 - 5 ppm. Any sps died within a month or two including branching and plating monties, pocilipora, and Acro’s. LPS and softies live but are crazy slow to grow. I am hoping the addition of the live rock will help.
IMO nothing beats fresh aquacultured live rock for the biodiversity it will bring to your tank.. only real problem I have had over the years are mantis shrimp but I feel that the good outweighes the bad.. piece from a shipment I received a couple weeks ago
BTW - I ordered 600 lbs of rock for the tank that I am going to set up soon. There is a lot of nasty stuff that comes on that much rock and it is not easy to pick through it all.
That rock looks amazing.
Question: Do you guys not worry about pests (fireworms, aiptasia, gorilla crabs, ect?). How do you guys deal with anything unwanted?
I fully agree with every marine tank i have started was started with live rock collected or cultured and the worst I ever got was a mantis shrimp.IMO nothing beats fresh aquacultured live rock for the biodiversity it will bring to your tank.. only real problem I have had over the years are mantis shrimp but I feel that the good outweighes the bad.. piece from a shipment I received a couple weeks ago
That rock looks amazing.
Question: Do you guys not worry about pests (fireworms, aiptasia, gorilla crabs, ect?). How do you guys deal with anything unwanted?
When you have a tank set up natural the way mine is (see pic below), Pests are Impossible to reach/get to especially one such as a mantis.
Thank you. Just in the midst of changing filter socks and adding my magic stuff to tank and sump to help sustain the colorsBeautiful Tank
Just in the midst of adding my magic stuff to tank
Trace, iron, Refill dosing bottle (Ca, Mag,Alk), Aquaforest build and mineral salts, Aquaforest lifesource, Iodine, Amino acid, potassium and strontium.
I have a mix of SPS, LPS and softies.
The three part dosing is accomplish by doser. The remaining is done weekly and manually using 1.5ml with a plastic pipette. On My main tank ( I have 4 tanks), I use triton method , so these are supplements to the core7 program.Buy the supplements in bulk and dose on a schedule daily? or just dose manually.