Khuligirl's 20 long nano reef build

[Oscarr19]

I've never bought from Marco rock so I can't say anything about that. Keep us updated though!

 

[Khuligirl93]

I will
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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[Un5tab1e]

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.

 

[Sillyfishies]

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.

 

[Khuligirl93]

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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[Sillyfishies]

If its really 2$ per pound that's a good deal. If its the Caribsea stuff, I heard it doesn't hold much bacteria.

 

[Macscale]

I ordered from reef rocks and they're pretty awesome.

 

[CNew66]

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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[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...D-27FF-4860-B630-C7D2AE5C0EF1_zpsmxfubhui.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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[Un5tab1e]

Its enough to get started. You can get the cycle going now

 

[Sillyfishies]

With that rock and tank size I would suggest the 2 island look.

 

[Khuligirl93]

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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[Hoffman]

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...D-27FF-4860-B630-C7D2AE5C0EF1_zpsmxfubhui.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!

 

[Sillyfishies]

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.

 

[Khuligirl93]

Oh ok. Is it just not the same volume of flesh to decay?


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[Oscarr19]

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.

 

[Khuligirl93]

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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[Fresh2o]

Put the shrimp in a mesh bag for easy cleanup later.


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[Khuligirl93]

Ok I've got the shrimp in


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[Oscarr19]

And now we wait