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My tank is currently 7 months old. I believe I’m another victim to the lack of beneficial bacteria from starting from dry rock (real reef rock). Corals did amazing and grew like crazy then I hit a brick wall. Corals started fading and the growth was next to none. PE went way down. Parameters were spot on and consistent.
90 gallon tank with 60 gallon attached frag tank
3x kessil 360x with aquatic life T5 hybrid
2x mp40s (65% reef crest)
Tunze wavebox (25%)
Alk- 8.0
Ca- 420-450
Mg- 1400
Ph- 8-8.3
Nitrate- 5-10
Phosphate- 0.03-.09
After watching a video where mike p. Stated a similar situation with one of his tanks he added cured liverock to his tank and noticed a major difference over a few weeks
I went on ahead and ordered some Florida keys rock (KP aquatics) that arrived today. I plan on curing it for a week or two and then adding it to the sump and attached frag tank to give my tank some more beneficial bacteria. I’m also adding in more dr. Tim’s bacteria to the tank during this process. I have an order for some Walt Fiji liverock that I’m awaiting confirmation on.
Has anyone else experience a similar experience with starting a tank on dry rock only ? I’ve tried to make any changes to the tank ahead of time. My lighting schedule was increased to a 7 hour peak photo period with a 2 hour ramp up/down. Added a wavebox to solve some dead spots I was having.
90 gallon tank with 60 gallon attached frag tank
3x kessil 360x with aquatic life T5 hybrid
2x mp40s (65% reef crest)
Tunze wavebox (25%)
Alk- 8.0
Ca- 420-450
Mg- 1400
Ph- 8-8.3
Nitrate- 5-10
Phosphate- 0.03-.09
After watching a video where mike p. Stated a similar situation with one of his tanks he added cured liverock to his tank and noticed a major difference over a few weeks
I went on ahead and ordered some Florida keys rock (KP aquatics) that arrived today. I plan on curing it for a week or two and then adding it to the sump and attached frag tank to give my tank some more beneficial bacteria. I’m also adding in more dr. Tim’s bacteria to the tank during this process. I have an order for some Walt Fiji liverock that I’m awaiting confirmation on.
Has anyone else experience a similar experience with starting a tank on dry rock only ? I’ve tried to make any changes to the tank ahead of time. My lighting schedule was increased to a 7 hour peak photo period with a 2 hour ramp up/down. Added a wavebox to solve some dead spots I was having.