Hello, I’m in the process of setting up my 60 gallon breeder tank. I’m starting it off with the very basic equipment. I’ll only have a power head, sand, heater, and the rock. After the cycle I’ll add lighting and then later on I’ll add a sump. Right now I’m looking at my rock options. For my first reef tank which was a Fluval Evo, I bought live rock from my lfs and it didn’t turn out so great. It took about a month to cycle and didn’t even have any of the good stuff live rock has.
For this 60 gallon tank I’m debating between buying dry Marco rock or the starter live rock from kpaquatics since it doesn’t have a lot of photosynthetic things. The photosynthetic hitchhikers would probably die during the cycle since there won’t be any light during that time.
My question here is if it’s worth getting the live rock? I am on a budget and spending a lot of money on live rock would only set me back on buying other things like the lighting and sump. If the only benefit from live rock is a faster cycle then I’m willing to wait a month or so using just dry rock since I’m not in a rush to get fish.
For this 60 gallon tank I’m debating between buying dry Marco rock or the starter live rock from kpaquatics since it doesn’t have a lot of photosynthetic things. The photosynthetic hitchhikers would probably die during the cycle since there won’t be any light during that time.
My question here is if it’s worth getting the live rock? I am on a budget and spending a lot of money on live rock would only set me back on buying other things like the lighting and sump. If the only benefit from live rock is a faster cycle then I’m willing to wait a month or so using just dry rock since I’m not in a rush to get fish.