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danielmanlee

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Hi, this may sound like a dumb question, but I just recently start a 72 gal saltwater tank...I have always hear that LR is very important in the bio filtration...lots of stuff i read said 1lb for every gal.. since I am not a hugh LR fans... I prefer more like Fishes and Soft coral in the tank.. How much LR do i really need?:confused: ... I am not planning to pile the LR... currently I have about 20lb of LR in the tank... will i need more... I also have a zoo and a blue mushrrom coral...

thanks:dive:
 
Hi there,
You can not beat LIVE ROCK for filtration in a marine tank with or without corals if your wanting to fully stock your tank you really do need the recommended amount of live rock in the uk we go by 1kg per 2gallon prob works out the same......

With live rock your system will run so much more smoother than it would without it

but you can run a fish with a few corals tank with a few kgs of live rock just take it slower

in my opinion i feel that live rock makes marine/reefing keeping all the more interesting god i used to spend hours looking at my live rock for new stuff growing & hermits climbing around
 
yeah, the life on my live rock is more interesting then my fish!

I don't know this for sure and I have no support for this claim... but I bet corals and fish will thrive and be more successful with live rock as it is "as close" as we can come to their natural environment. it's just a thought.
 
Apart from being a good filter, live rock also gives your fishes somewhere to hide and swim in and out of and somewhere for your corals to sit or to spread to. Then there's also the freebies you can get on LR.
 
Live rock can also feed some of the fishes, partially at least. Angels and butterflyfish (and others) spend a lot of their day picking at the various microfauna found lon live rock. Inverts will also spend all of their day cleaning the rock.
 
Also, live rock provides the back bone to a reef...it not only provides filtration and some food, it is a hive of live, scavengers..provides area's for copepods to colonise....which again, turn into food..

Niko
 
u dont need any...but then u will have to spend 100's on excellent filtration and decorations. i recommend, like the others to get mostly live rock, then u can do a good portion of it (around 30%) dead or base rock. think of it this way....its how nature works....nothing man made can emulate nature...so live rock is the "best" way.
 
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