Live Rock Questions

NapoliNewJersey

NapoliNewJersey

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I just got a 55 gal and decided to do Salt Water because of the extream larger scale of interesting inhabitants.

I Have Crushed Coral and Live sand (no fish or plants) and my salinity is 1.024 and my PH is 8.0. I'm going to Italy for 3 weeks in April and wanted to put plants and Live Rock in now so when I get back on May 2nd I can look for a couple of Damsels to test my Aquarium.

My friends older brother just gave me 35lbs of Live Rock that he had sitting in his basement. Is this still good to use?? Not sure how long he's had it but at least over a year. He told me to cure it by boiling each piece for 10 minutes(didn't say in regular or salt water) and then add it to my tank. Is this possible/safe? Everywhere I've read makes the curing process alot harder and longer.

Also another question is do I need a power head for the Live Rock alone without fish?
 
well if u biol it it will be fine but ti wont be live anymore ans isnt really since its been in ur basement. dont use crushed coral it causes many water quality issues later on. also what do u mean by plants? corals or algae? and powerheads should be used for even flow u cant have dead spots in the tank. u want at least 10x turn over.
 
clawlan said:
i agree with germanman. crushed coral = problems and the live rock will only be rock now.
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Why dont you like crushed coral ? I prefer it over sand as way easier to vacuum when I do my weekly water change (fowler tank).
I tried sand but it was a pain and would get on my live rock,etc when I vacuumed very happy with the crushed coral .

Thanks
 
For the rock thing:

Use that rock for 'base rock' in your tank, and then go to the petstore and buy another 30 lbs of live rock. This will seed your base rock and it'll all be live again sometime soon.

This is what I did with my 55g:

35 lbs of base rock i bought from somebody's basement (sound familiar?)
45 lbs of live fiji cured rock from petco (they sold it to me for pennies, really)
40 lbs of live substrate (arag-live or whatever)
salt

2 weeks my tank was fully cycled. Seriously. How sweet was that?

Here's a link to my fishy photo album, if you want an idea of another freshly setup 55g :) :

http://picasaweb.google.com/damontmorris/Fishtankery
 
NapoliNewJersey said:
My Tank already has the crushed Coral in with the LS ... should I take it all out? How do I do that in the easiest way possible?

Also what is a good power head to buy for a 55 gal?

Thanks guys ... this board is very helpful. I'm so glad I found this site.
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I like crushed coral and granted your rock is dead rock but if its pouros Marine type rock than it will be great for decoration and fish need hide areas,etc and will intime have good bacteria.
I am not into corals just fish and feather dusters but your tank sounds fine . Initially you will need bio but after the rock builds up bacteria you wont.
My 55 has crushed coral Live rock and is filters with an Emperor 400 (has 2 bio wheels which I later took out but worked well) and hang on back CPR skimmer and a small powerhead in a corner .
I dont see anything wrong with your tank set up at all and keep in mind so so many ways to set up a marine tank .
However if you want to remove the crushed coral than just buy one of those clear plastic tubes that any hardware store sells and suck it out with that into a bucket .
I use a 1/2 inch type tube to vacuum tank bottom .
 
Subliminal said:
For the rock thing:

Use that rock for 'base rock' in your tank, and then go to the petstore and buy another 30 lbs of live rock. This will seed your base rock and it'll all be live again sometime soon.

This is what I did with my 55g:

35 lbs of base rock i bought from somebody's basement (sound familiar?)
45 lbs of live fiji cured rock from petco (they sold it to me for pennies, really)
40 lbs of live substrate (arag-live or whatever)
salt

2 weeks my tank was fully cycled. Seriously. How sweet was that?

Here's a link to my fishy photo album, if you want an idea of another freshly setup 55g :) :

http://picasaweb.google.com/damontmorris/Fishtankery
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Nice Rottweiller my uncle had one . It bit a Bufo Marinus and wouldnt let it go(they are all over his area) it passed away at the vets.
 
That's sad. I just had mine at the vet the other day, and someone had to have their dog put down. Kids were crying. It wasn't cool.
 
Subliminal said:
That's sad. I just had mine at the vet the other day, and someone had to have their dog put down. Kids were crying. It wasn't cool.
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Yes my aunt few months later wanted another one but my uncle said no. He was devastated over the loss and the Marine toads are all over his area so it would be wreckless to get another dog.

I myself am terrified of Rottweillers but his dog was nice to me and great watchdog and family member with them.
 
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