Looking for a little feedback

timmytimtim

timmytimtim

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:feedback: Hey everyone!!!!! OK...I'm a newbie (be kind) but I've been researching the salt water world for a long time; anyway, I recently got a 75 gal tank. After about two weeks of researching rock I decided to go with Texas Holy Rock instead of all live rock. I have added about 3 pounds of live to help with the cycle and seeding, but didn't want to go all live...I like the different look and the "Holy" part of the rock.

I would like to get some feedback from other folks (please don't just be a jerk to the newbie)

I know this is a long term thing and don't want to rush any aspect of getting my tank going, but would like some pointers.

The tank is 75 gal, I have a wet/dry filter system that was set up on a 125 tank, about 100lbs of holy rock, 3 pounds of live rock, protein skimmer (not hooked up during cycling) and my two 1280gph power head should be here today!!!!

Thanks

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sounds and looks like a freshwater setup minus the 3 punds of life rock. what kind of sand is that? what is a holy rock? it does look cool.
 
Being honest, i would swap out the texas rock and put in proper ocean base rock, or dead live rock....The texas rock wont ever become proper live rock in my opinion...besides from that, its looking good.. :)
 
From what I've gathered, Holy rock is a type of limestone. I talked to people at 2 LFS and they said they have used it in some of their tanks and it was covered had the same growth the live rock had on it..it just took time to get there. They were selling it in the LFS, then I found another source for it.
 
i did a quick research on holy rock in marine tanks and it looks like it can cause ph to shift out of control.
 
Thanks. I know the live rock is great for filtration...won't the honeycomb (or Holy Rock) be live after the tank has cycled? I put a few pounds of live rock in there to seed the sand and other rock but I'm thinking about putting in more.
 
Someone should start a business of taking unique rock like that and putting it in the ocean for a month to make it 'live' then selling it.

It'd be environmentally friendly too, as you wouldn't be tearing up reefs!
 
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