revenant
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Hello all... I would love some advice please. I need to scape a base of rock for my new 300G tank on one side. I setup this tank two months ago with the intention of moving the contents of my smaller tank into it.. I scaped it on one side leaving the other side open to move the other tank into essentially.. I've been waiting to pull the trigger on that move for a while and the more I look at things the more I think I need to put the basement in first. I want to build a good base first so I can move over what I want onto a nice plateau of rocks.
I have been reading about dry rock and how much of it will absorb po4 (and no3?) and might crash it to zero and then dynos. UGH... So I was looking into
Reel Reef Rock https://realreefrock.com/ - they have a fresh and then saltwater "curing process" in-house which seems like it might be better than just straight up dry rock. "A truly green product, made from 11 natural Calcium Carbonate based materials and cultured for 5 months. Ideal bioactivity, without negative bioload and nuisance hitchhikers."
I read mixed reviews of this, not pourous but looks pretty... I was wanting a 40lb box to create the base I want. Would this be one of those rocks that would sponge up po4??
OR
MarcosRocks https://marcorocks.com/marcorocks-maricultured-live-rock-ships-overnight/ - this looks fully cultured... pricey but looks nice.. Is this something that would be a po4 sponge too?
My tank is going fantastic so far... it's all fiji tonga I got with the tank plus some misc bits from my 4yo mature tank to zip things along with the cycle.... Ulglies came and went, now some more, a little back and forth but it's gettin very stable..
no3 5ppm
po4 0.04
alk 8.4
ph 8.3
I didn't want to add dry rock and crash the nutrients but I wanted something I could just basically put right in.. Is there any rock that would avoid that po4 sponge effect?
Thanks all!
Some photos for ref:
Tank dems 96L x 30W x 23H
my plan is to pull out those small rocks and re-scape the whole left side from the side of the overflow all the way to the left side wall and wrap around to the front a little.. take advantage of the 30" width and the lack of view-ability in from that side.
I have been reading about dry rock and how much of it will absorb po4 (and no3?) and might crash it to zero and then dynos. UGH... So I was looking into
Reel Reef Rock https://realreefrock.com/ - they have a fresh and then saltwater "curing process" in-house which seems like it might be better than just straight up dry rock. "A truly green product, made from 11 natural Calcium Carbonate based materials and cultured for 5 months. Ideal bioactivity, without negative bioload and nuisance hitchhikers."
I read mixed reviews of this, not pourous but looks pretty... I was wanting a 40lb box to create the base I want. Would this be one of those rocks that would sponge up po4??
OR
MarcosRocks https://marcorocks.com/marcorocks-maricultured-live-rock-ships-overnight/ - this looks fully cultured... pricey but looks nice.. Is this something that would be a po4 sponge too?
My tank is going fantastic so far... it's all fiji tonga I got with the tank plus some misc bits from my 4yo mature tank to zip things along with the cycle.... Ulglies came and went, now some more, a little back and forth but it's gettin very stable..
no3 5ppm
po4 0.04
alk 8.4
ph 8.3
I didn't want to add dry rock and crash the nutrients but I wanted something I could just basically put right in.. Is there any rock that would avoid that po4 sponge effect?
Thanks all!
Some photos for ref:
Tank dems 96L x 30W x 23H
my plan is to pull out those small rocks and re-scape the whole left side from the side of the overflow all the way to the left side wall and wrap around to the front a little.. take advantage of the 30" width and the lack of view-ability in from that side.
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