Glad to find another thread on this topic...
As I continue to plan my 250g peninsula, I keep coming back to one major decision: dry rock or live rock?
Maybe both? Seems to be the best of both worlds. I can take some time setting up an aquascape out of water and then just add in the live rock after I get it and QT it for a month or so. Trying to QT well over 100 pounds of rock isn't very feasible so only having to QT about 20 pounds is much more likely to happen.
There are a couple problems with live rock. It's expensive and pests. Yes, you will get pests and some may be pretty deadly. Not a great way to start a tank. BUT and it's a very large but, the dry rock maturation process has to be one of the worst things you can go through. Dinos, chrysophytes, cyano, hair algae, cyano, dinos, hair algae, rinse repeat and repeat some more. It's a year or more of frustration at every level. All to keep out some pests. Pests that you will likely introduce anyway at some point.
Much to think about it seems
As I continue to plan my 250g peninsula, I keep coming back to one major decision: dry rock or live rock?
Maybe both? Seems to be the best of both worlds. I can take some time setting up an aquascape out of water and then just add in the live rock after I get it and QT it for a month or so. Trying to QT well over 100 pounds of rock isn't very feasible so only having to QT about 20 pounds is much more likely to happen.
There are a couple problems with live rock. It's expensive and pests. Yes, you will get pests and some may be pretty deadly. Not a great way to start a tank. BUT and it's a very large but, the dry rock maturation process has to be one of the worst things you can go through. Dinos, chrysophytes, cyano, hair algae, cyano, dinos, hair algae, rinse repeat and repeat some more. It's a year or more of frustration at every level. All to keep out some pests. Pests that you will likely introduce anyway at some point.
Much to think about it seems