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I've never bought from Marco rock so I can't say anything about that. Keep us updated though!
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09-13-2014, 10:30 PM
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Anyone have an opinion on the refugium plant? I still have it in the plastic bag not knowing if I should add it or not.
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09-13-2014, 10:43 PM
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Of you wanna order live rock gulfliverock.com is where I got mine. I think they have a nano package 17 pounds shipped for around 80 bucks. My lfs wanted 8 bucks a pound.
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09-13-2014, 10:50 PM
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EBay has nice rock sometimes that's guaranteed to not leech phosphates. Also, bulk reef supplies reef saver rock is good for aquascaping. You can request size of rocks too.
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09-13-2014, 10:57 PM
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Thanks but I think I'm going to go with dry rock and let it become live over time. And I really want to pick it out in person and be able to see it and touch it, and this way I don't have to pay shopping apparently the place I was told about has it for $2/lb.
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09-13-2014, 11:01 PM
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If its really 2$ per pound that's a good deal. If its the Caribsea stuff, I heard it doesn't hold much bacteria.
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09-13-2014, 11:10 PM
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I ordered from reef rocks and they're pretty awesome.
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09-14-2014, 12:23 AM
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I was lucky enough to find live fiji rock for 4.95 a pound at one of my LFS. everywhere else was 10 dollars a pound.
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09-14-2014, 06:06 PM
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Khuligirl's 20 long nano reef build
Ok I got the Marco rock today! It was actually live, not dry, and the guy gave it to me for 3$/lb I got about 12 lbs of it.. But after putting it in the tank I realized it's not as much as I thought and I probably should've gotten a couple more pieces. But it's still progress I might go pick up some more next weekend.
http://i1277.photobucket.com/albums/...psmxfubhui.jpg
It's very porous with lots of nooks and crannies and very easy to stack I love it. Next step is a black background and light.
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09-14-2014, 06:24 PM
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Its enough to get started. You can get the cycle going now
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09-14-2014, 07:41 PM
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With that rock and tank size I would suggest the 2 island look.
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09-14-2014, 08:11 PM
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Khuligirl's 20 long nano reef build
Ok thanks for the suggestion, I'll play around with it
I added some frozen brine shrimp to the tank to get the cycle started, should that work the same as a table shrimp? My family doesn't eat shrimp so I'd feel stupid just buying one haha.
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09-14-2014, 08:48 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Khuligirl93
Ok I got the Marco rock today! It was actually live, not dry, and the guy gave it to me for 3$/lb I got about 12 lbs of it.. But after putting it in the tank I realized it's not as much as I thought and I probably should've gotten a couple more pieces. But it's still progress I might go pick up some more next weekend.
http://i1277.photobucket.com/albums/...psmxfubhui.jpg
It's very porous with lots of nooks and crannies and very easy to stack I love it. Next step is a black background and light.
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Looking good!
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Ok thanks for the suggestion, I'll play around with it
I added some frozen brine shrimp to the tank to get the cycle started, should that work the same as a table shrimp? My family doesn't eat shrimp so I'd feel stupid just buying one haha.
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Not really going to be the same thing. I suggest just going and buying a single shrimp.
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09-14-2014, 10:44 PM
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Oh ok. Is it just not the same volume of flesh to decay?
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09-14-2014, 10:52 PM
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You'd have to add quite a bit of frozen food to get your ammonia up to 4ppm. The frozen shrimp is the easiest method and it worked good for me in the past.
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Khuligirl's 20 long nano reef build
Ah I see. I'll do that ASAP then
I have the ceramic ring bag part of the AC media sitting in the sump of a healthy established tank at work, so I'll add that tomorrow to help jump start the cycle even more
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Put the shrimp in a mesh bag for easy cleanup later.
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09-15-2014, 05:33 PM
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Ok I've got the shrimp in
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And now we wait
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