Hello fellow reefers and Merry Christmas!!!
I have acquired some new rock, I want to add it to my existing 180 Gallon setup and I'm debating on the best way to go about it. It's only a few pieces and purely to enhance my current aquascape (give me some new places to add corals). Here are the facts and following them I will post my questions/concerns. Any insight from the community would be much appreciated!
The new rock....
- A reefing buddy of mine just bought a 185 gallon tank tear down and still has the rock. It had been in the system for several years, was covered in coralline and is a combination of Live Rock and Manufactured rock
- He did not use the rock, he wasn't able to offload the rock and eventually decided the brute trashcan that was holding it was taking up too much room in his apartment so he tore down the holding area and put the rock outside to dry until he figures out his plan for it. It has been outside for about a week now. I decided to purchase the rock off of him
- I plan on using about 15-20 lbs of this rock as soon as I can to enhance the aqua scape in my tank
My tank and it's filtration (because this is relevant to the situation.....)
- I have a 180 gallon mixed reef that's a little over a year old, it's very much cycled, settled and am growing SPS very well
- I have a 70 gallon sump for all of my equipment, additives, mechanical filtration, dosing, etc.. and a 55 gallon refugium solely for a large chaeto home that is plumbed in as well
my questions and concerns??????
1 - Since I am only adding 15-20lbs of the above mentioned rock how much curing should I do if any at all??
2- If I should do some prep work before adding the rock what do y'all think I should do in order to safely get it in my tank as soon as possible without die off affecting my current system....I have a bunch of SPS colonies growing well and quickly, I really really don't want to upset them but at the same time in my mind I feel like my current system could handle the rock addition
I'd love to hear your guys' thoughts on this. I think this is a relevant situation that other reefers besides me have been in before and have the experience that I do not on this particular matter.
Merry Christmas Everyone! Looking forward to hearing the discussion and input I hope this generates!!
I have acquired some new rock, I want to add it to my existing 180 Gallon setup and I'm debating on the best way to go about it. It's only a few pieces and purely to enhance my current aquascape (give me some new places to add corals). Here are the facts and following them I will post my questions/concerns. Any insight from the community would be much appreciated!
The new rock....
- A reefing buddy of mine just bought a 185 gallon tank tear down and still has the rock. It had been in the system for several years, was covered in coralline and is a combination of Live Rock and Manufactured rock
- He did not use the rock, he wasn't able to offload the rock and eventually decided the brute trashcan that was holding it was taking up too much room in his apartment so he tore down the holding area and put the rock outside to dry until he figures out his plan for it. It has been outside for about a week now. I decided to purchase the rock off of him
- I plan on using about 15-20 lbs of this rock as soon as I can to enhance the aqua scape in my tank
My tank and it's filtration (because this is relevant to the situation.....)
- I have a 180 gallon mixed reef that's a little over a year old, it's very much cycled, settled and am growing SPS very well
- I have a 70 gallon sump for all of my equipment, additives, mechanical filtration, dosing, etc.. and a 55 gallon refugium solely for a large chaeto home that is plumbed in as well
my questions and concerns??????
1 - Since I am only adding 15-20lbs of the above mentioned rock how much curing should I do if any at all??
2- If I should do some prep work before adding the rock what do y'all think I should do in order to safely get it in my tank as soon as possible without die off affecting my current system....I have a bunch of SPS colonies growing well and quickly, I really really don't want to upset them but at the same time in my mind I feel like my current system could handle the rock addition
I'd love to hear your guys' thoughts on this. I think this is a relevant situation that other reefers besides me have been in before and have the experience that I do not on this particular matter.
Merry Christmas Everyone! Looking forward to hearing the discussion and input I hope this generates!!