SkinnyPete
Aquarium Advice Freak
Got everything I need for my new 11 gallon. Putting down DSB. I've got 60lbs of base rock and the last bit of planning I haven't really decided on is my live rock and I wanted some advice.
I'm going for fowlr and I'm looking to get about 100-120lbs more rock. I know people swear by liverocks.com and from the pictures I've seen, they're amazing looking rocks. I visited a local fish store today that is very reasonably priced and seems very knowledgable. They are a saltwater store. No freshwater. Real cool place. Anyway, they offered me a mix of 50lbs Fiji, 50lbs Tonga - 100lbs total for $4.50/lb. That would save me a little bit of money and I plan to use the rock to cycle my tank so I'm assuming most of my hitchhikers from lr.com would die anyway.
I'm torn. For my purposes, fowlr - no reef, cycling with rock and shrimp, would it be worth the extra $100 or so for lr.com rocks?
AND what should the ratio for base rock / live rock be? 60lbs so far of base. I plan on having about 175lbs in my tank. How much more base rock should I be getting.
AAAAAND, one more thing. Some of my base rock is really solid and heavy. Very dense. Is this better or worse for filtration purposes? Should I try to stick the dense rock in the middle as the skeleton?
Sorry so long. Just the last decision I have to make before I start this thing.
Thanks.
- Skins
I'm going for fowlr and I'm looking to get about 100-120lbs more rock. I know people swear by liverocks.com and from the pictures I've seen, they're amazing looking rocks. I visited a local fish store today that is very reasonably priced and seems very knowledgable. They are a saltwater store. No freshwater. Real cool place. Anyway, they offered me a mix of 50lbs Fiji, 50lbs Tonga - 100lbs total for $4.50/lb. That would save me a little bit of money and I plan to use the rock to cycle my tank so I'm assuming most of my hitchhikers from lr.com would die anyway.
I'm torn. For my purposes, fowlr - no reef, cycling with rock and shrimp, would it be worth the extra $100 or so for lr.com rocks?
AND what should the ratio for base rock / live rock be? 60lbs so far of base. I plan on having about 175lbs in my tank. How much more base rock should I be getting.
AAAAAND, one more thing. Some of my base rock is really solid and heavy. Very dense. Is this better or worse for filtration purposes? Should I try to stick the dense rock in the middle as the skeleton?
Sorry so long. Just the last decision I have to make before I start this thing.
Thanks.
- Skins