Dan I have some nice live rock when you come down you can look at it. Very clean
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Dan's 90G Reef
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My rock came from Manado from www.livestockusa.org it had a very light cure that lasted maybe a week and a half with no smell. Skimmer didn't even go crazy. And the rock is amazing (check my build thread). Price complete to philly international airport was 420 and I was very happy with it. Well worth the price I paid for it
How much do you think you have?
$420?? Yikes.. Not looking to buy all new rock, just maybe like 10-20lbs more Lol I already have about 75lbs in there.
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420.00 for how many lbs.
50 or 60 lbs or more
What kind of rock? Pics? Live rock? Dead rock? I may want to buy some when I come over.
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I never weighed the box but it felt like box and all was a least 60 lbs. the rock was real light in weight. The big pieces (2 are about the size of a volley ball) were not heavy at all. I figured with airfreight and all I paid just over $6/ lb but that is all guess work since I weighed *nothing* 
I never weighed the box but it felt like box and all was a least 60 lbs. the rock was real light in weight. The big pieces (2 are about the size of a volley ball) were not heavy at all. I figured with airfreight and all I paid just over $6/ lb but that is all guess work since I weighed *nothing*
Hope that rock is made of gold! Lol wow 420 for *maybe* 60lbs? Seems steep but that's just me.
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Even if it was just 60 lbs that still equates to $7/lb and it is not the concrete boulders that you typically see (you know the ones that are shaped like a bowling ball but weigh even more) this rock is light so the volume is there. I could have gotten rotting boat rock from Fiji for $2/lb plus airfreight but that is not at all what I wanted. You get what you pay for
Even if it was just 60 lbs that still equates to $7/lb and it is not the concrete boulders that you typically see (you know the ones that are shaped like a bowling ball but weigh even more) this rock is light so the volume is there. I could have gotten rotting boat rock from Fiji for $2/lb plus airfreight but that is not at all what I wanted. You get what you pay for
This is true. Was it live rock or dry rock?
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Completely live. When I opened the box it smelled just like the ocean
Cool I'll check it out
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Well for those of you who don't know. I'm converting this tank into a SPS/zoa tank. Supposed to pick up some more rock tonight hopefully and then rescaping my whole tank
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With the help of Kyle(classklown) my tank now has a different look to it. Traded away most of my LPS to Dan(Dan_K) and now have an SPS/Zoa dominate tank.
I still need to buy more rock and mess with a few things so nothing is set in stone yet. I also just kind of put all my coral back in but not set in the places I want them. Will work on it more tonight.
Pictures to follow soon guys!
Oh and a big thanks to Kyle and Dan for making it happen, thanks guys!
I still need to buy more rock and mess with a few things so nothing is set in stone yet. I also just kind of put all my coral back in but not set in the places I want them. Will work on it more tonight.
Pictures to follow soon guys!
Oh and a big thanks to Kyle and Dan for making it happen, thanks guys!
This may sound dumb but here me out. Does anyone know if you can run dry rock thru the dishwasher and then after rinse off with RO water and let dry. Will that act as a semi-lazy way of curing it? Lol
Yeah you have a point. I just figured I'd ask bc that's what I did with my driftwood for my old FW tank and it did wonders Lol
What kind of dangers am I taking by putting dry rock into the tank? A mini cycle? Lots of water changes?
Depends on the dry rock.
If its fairly clean, you might just have an algae bloom from the leeching po4. If its dry LR and you add a lot all at once you could have a nitrate spike and cause a cycle.
Best bet is to cycle it.
If your trying to be lazy you could do a acid bath and then let it cure in a dark part of your sump before adding it to your tank.
If its fairly clean, you might just have an algae bloom from the leeching po4. If its dry LR and you add a lot all at once you could have a nitrate spike and cause a cycle.
Best bet is to cycle it.
If your trying to be lazy you could do a acid bath and then let it cure in a dark part of your sump before adding it to your tank.
Itd be from BRS. I've gotten rock from them before and it is very clean. I'm actually gonna be redoing my rock AGAIN so I'll be doing water changes very often to help with the stirring of the sand.
Curing isn't an option as I'm impatient with that kind of stuff Lol
Itd be from BRS. I've gotten rock from them before and it is very clean. I'm actually gonna be redoing my rock AGAIN so I'll be doing water changes very often to help with the stirring of the sand.
Curing isn't an option as I'm impatient with that kind of stuff Lol
I would atleast soak it in RODI water for a day and test that water to see what your adding to the tank. If you think the levels aren't crazy high and can be managed via skimming wetter or upping WC is up to you. I just wouldn't put strait dry rock into the tank because there is always that chance.
FYI I added Dry rock to a tank once upon a time and I had HA on those rocks for months from the PO4 leeching out. It was more of a pain because I had to continuously make sure the corals on the rocks didn't get smothered.