Newbie, 29g coralife tank

Averysamgrey · Jan 16, 2019

Heyy All,
New to the hobby and starting up my first tank peice by peice

Tank I bought was the Coralife LED fish only Marine kit , came with the led lights, a coralife 30g Marine filter with protein skimmer and a heater

I got 40lbs of live sand and just bought my first live rock today (4lbs)

I'm hoping to go one piece at a time, will that affect my cycle

James M · Jan 16, 2019

Welcome to reef2reef !!!
Adding one piece at a time is going to keep stalling the cycle, it’s better to get it all at once and the start. Nothing can be rushed in this hobby.

Averysamgrey · Jan 16, 2019

I can only find the LR at my lfs for 10$ lb. So I'm hoping to look around and see if I can find cheaper

Dustinba · Jan 16, 2019

Averysamgrey said:
I can only find the LR at my lfs for 10$ lb. So I'm hoping to look around and see if I can find cheaper

You could start with dry rock. Dry rock is ~2$ a pound.

count krunk · Jan 16, 2019

that's a rather poor looking piece of LR for $10 pound. You can get TBS live rock (the best LR IMO) for $5 per pound. This doesn't count shipping, but if you live within driving distance of Tampa bay, or in FL, shipping is free to much cheaper.

I would take to the interwebs, and order dry rock on line. It will be much cheaper. Be sure to cure it before adding it to your tank. That is a rather simple process. BRS has some great videos on the subject

Averysamgrey · Jan 16, 2019

yungreefer2410 said:
that's a rather poor looking piece of LR for $10 pound. You can get TBS live rock (the best LR IMO) for $5 per pound. This doesn't count shipping, but if you live within driving distance of Tampa bay, or in FL, shipping is free to much cheaper.

I would take to the interwebs, and order dry rock on line. It will be much cheaper. Be sure to cure it before adding it to your tank. That is a rather simple process. BRS has some great videos on the subject

I live in Ontario, I'm definitely trying to research as much as possible for where to get better rock

SPR1968 · Jan 17, 2019

The tank looks great so far and welcome to R2R as well!

You might find this useful:
https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/the-supreme-guide-to-setting-up-a-saltwater-reef-aquarium.138750/

Unskilled Reefer · Jan 17, 2019

Welcome to R2R! You will become addicted soon enough

5280Reefer · Jan 17, 2019

Welcome, tank is looking awesome! Can wait to see it mature

Unskilled Reefer · Jan 17, 2019

Averysamgrey said:
I live in Ontario, I'm definitely trying to research as much as possible for where to get better rock

Here is a good deal on some very nice dry rock.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/2641183849...b0469001680ac8034646dfcfffddb11&ul_noapp=true

Katrina71 · Jan 17, 2019

Agreed good deal on dry rock. +1 on adding dry for budget friendly cycle.

Katrina71 · Jan 17, 2019

@WallyB is in Canada too, maybe he can point you to places to shop or some reef clubs

A$AP-Reefer · Jan 17, 2019

please don't get scammed by any local fish store, especially if they are known for just selling the shirt of their back , you can go to marinedepot.com or bulkreefsupply.com they have great prices and some of the best leasers in the trade ! I just bought 100lbs of reefsaver rock. I just got back into the hobby and always used BRS marco rock. anywhere form 2-2.99$ a pound! also if you want the other stuff that is :live rock: pest free and bee cycling with saltwater. they have that too but its man made and great reefrock which is 6.99$ a pound as well! patients is key with this hobby and im so anxious and don't even have my tank yet! comes in a week! .