A buddy just blessed me with 3 rocks from his old system. Hoping that will help!
Sending you some biomedia seed it in your system for 3 months and send it back!!! lolLive rock for the most diverse eco system has always worked for me.
150lbs of GLR in my 150 gets me up and running with the ability to add corals in a few weeks.
Start and today at 10 months.
Funny you mention that! I have 10 bags of eheim substrate pro in nylon bags split between my 50 and 35. They started in my 150 and I can now use them after 10 months to seed other systems if needed. I always have a few bags in my sumps at all times.
What about dipping? Won't that pretty much strip most everything? Or are we talking microorganisms vs macro.
I’ve been wanting to try that too. Unsure if it’s snake oil tho
some of the micro organisms will be lost but it won't affect the bacterial diversity, each coral is loaded with its own unique sets of bacteria which to me is the most important to get the tank to mature faster.
Typically on the dr.tims , fritz, and whatever BRS recommends there will be a Best Buy date. The issues are how the product is handled. It has to maintain a specific temp range to maintain the life of the bacteria. I typically will order from the manufacturer if possible to ensure this gives me the best chances.
