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So I had a tank for a few months in the past but it was already established. I am now starting my own brand new tank at the end of the year. I am in Korea and will be till September so I have plenty of time to learn and figure things out.
1. I want to buy LR that is already cured but I can't seem to find it online. What is the price difference between buying pre-cured rock and curing it myself? I also have about 75lb of what is now dried out dead rock sitting in storage from my other build. That build had tap water in it for most of it. Im trying to figure out the best way to determine if its still good or not. Im figuring I should just toss it in some pre tested RODI water. Then toss the dead rock in and wait 24 to 48 hours. Then I will take a sample of the water again to my LFS store and have the water tested again to see what contaminants leech out from my rock. What I am trying to figure out is the best way to procede if it turns out I do have contaminants in my rock. Should I just keep doing full water changes every few days until there is no more contaminants?
2. I am a little confused on the pros and cons of a Deep Sand bed as they seem to be self contradictory depending on your opinion.
3. I'm thinking I want to lay the rock on the glass bottom then lay the sand around the rock to stabilize it and for the sand burrowing critters. If I do go for a DSB though that is six inches of rock that will be under the surface unused. Is this way of placing LR a good or bad idea?
4. So once my LR is cured I want to fill my tank and test for leaks. Then add salt and let stabilize for 24 hours. Then I will add my LR and after that my sand. Then I will drop In a raw shrimp and wait for several weeks for my tank to cycle. My tanks water will cloud up then clear up. then it will get a brown diatom bloom. Then it will get a green algae bloom. Once the green algae bloom is gone my tank is cycled. From my understanding all I am supposed to do during this process is wait it out. Then test the water once the green algae bloom is gone to ensure correct water parameters. Do I have the basic gist of the process down?
5. What are the best parameter test kits to use? I will be running a American Marine Pinpoint Salinity Monitor because of how often salinity gets measured.
6. Everything will be fed through a mini fridge dosing pump autofeeder feeding everything, including my fish, the reef nutrition line. Right now I'm looking at the Doser One Evolution Dosing pump because it will dose in increments as low as .1ml. Any advice, experience or input on auto feeding would be appreciated.
Thank you for your time and I look forward to a long journey with all my fellow reefers here. I will have just as in depth a tank build as a plan build and may we have fun together!!!!!
1. I want to buy LR that is already cured but I can't seem to find it online. What is the price difference between buying pre-cured rock and curing it myself? I also have about 75lb of what is now dried out dead rock sitting in storage from my other build. That build had tap water in it for most of it. Im trying to figure out the best way to determine if its still good or not. Im figuring I should just toss it in some pre tested RODI water. Then toss the dead rock in and wait 24 to 48 hours. Then I will take a sample of the water again to my LFS store and have the water tested again to see what contaminants leech out from my rock. What I am trying to figure out is the best way to procede if it turns out I do have contaminants in my rock. Should I just keep doing full water changes every few days until there is no more contaminants?
2. I am a little confused on the pros and cons of a Deep Sand bed as they seem to be self contradictory depending on your opinion.
3. I'm thinking I want to lay the rock on the glass bottom then lay the sand around the rock to stabilize it and for the sand burrowing critters. If I do go for a DSB though that is six inches of rock that will be under the surface unused. Is this way of placing LR a good or bad idea?
4. So once my LR is cured I want to fill my tank and test for leaks. Then add salt and let stabilize for 24 hours. Then I will add my LR and after that my sand. Then I will drop In a raw shrimp and wait for several weeks for my tank to cycle. My tanks water will cloud up then clear up. then it will get a brown diatom bloom. Then it will get a green algae bloom. Once the green algae bloom is gone my tank is cycled. From my understanding all I am supposed to do during this process is wait it out. Then test the water once the green algae bloom is gone to ensure correct water parameters. Do I have the basic gist of the process down?
5. What are the best parameter test kits to use? I will be running a American Marine Pinpoint Salinity Monitor because of how often salinity gets measured.
6. Everything will be fed through a mini fridge dosing pump autofeeder feeding everything, including my fish, the reef nutrition line. Right now I'm looking at the Doser One Evolution Dosing pump because it will dose in increments as low as .1ml. Any advice, experience or input on auto feeding would be appreciated.
Thank you for your time and I look forward to a long journey with all my fellow reefers here. I will have just as in depth a tank build as a plan build and may we have fun together!!!!!