Could some one please give me some instructions on coverting base rock into live rock. I was hoping to make a fowlr tank but 60 pounds of live rock is 360 dollars! I heard of base tock and I hoped it would cut the cost a hundred dollors or two.
Base Rock to Live rock
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It's all about time... buy 50 - 75% base rock and the rest in live rock. The bacteria will populate the base rock, making it live, over time. How long depends on the bio-load and feeding schedule.
You'll have to stock your tank more slowly at first. We went with 50% base rock and 50% live rock and got our first coral in the tank within a month and the first fish about 2 weeks later. Our second fish didn't go in for another month, just to be safe. It probably helped that we had a refugium with macroalgae growing right from the start, to help process the nutrients.
You'll have to stock your tank more slowly at first. We went with 50% base rock and 50% live rock and got our first coral in the tank within a month and the first fish about 2 weeks later. Our second fish didn't go in for another month, just to be safe. It probably helped that we had a refugium with macroalgae growing right from the start, to help process the nutrients.
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But when during the cycle do you start adding the fish food/salad shrimp. Before the live rock, during the live rock after it?fsn77 said:
