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GeneralGoldeneye
06-13-2009, 12:34 PM
How long will it take for my dry rock to start becomming Live rock thumbs2:
JaredCBell
06-13-2009, 03:12 PM
How long will it take for my dry rock to start becomming Live rock thumbs2:


are you seeding it at all with pieces of live rock?
Fishguy2727
06-13-2009, 03:29 PM
With other live rock in the tank it takes a few weeks for it to become live rock. The longer it is in there the more diverse it will become.
rageybug
06-13-2009, 04:08 PM
The base rock will start to "come alive" almost right away. If you already have LR, everything on it will constantly try to spread out. You won't see that the base rock is alive for a few weeks.
GeneralGoldeneye
06-13-2009, 09:58 PM
I have a nice center rock that was dry rock and I took 2lbs of live rock and planted around the dry rock.... I will post a pic in a few mins...
Also I noticed when I got home from work my live rock now looks like it has something growing out of it that wasnt there when I put it into the tank
Dave66
06-13-2009, 10:05 PM
If you have live sand in your tank it will take less time for your dead rock to become live.

Dave
GeneralGoldeneye
06-13-2009, 10:07 PM
If you have live sand in your tank it will take less time for your dead rock to become live.

Dave

Yes I have live sand also thumbs2: """ My tank is alive""thumbs2:
GeneralGoldeneye
06-13-2009, 10:17 PM
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robnepper
06-13-2009, 10:22 PM
That's going to be a cool tank. Stocking plan?
GeneralGoldeneye
06-13-2009, 10:25 PM
Im going to stock it with clown fish AKA NEMO thumbs2:
Right now its in its cycling process
rageybug
06-22-2009, 03:01 AM
Tank looks pretty cool with that big rock. Something to think about though.... when you do water changes it will expose the rock to the air. Quite a few SW creatures will die off if they hit they air (sponges etc.) Just something to think about.
MonkeyPox
06-22-2009, 04:33 AM
Tank looks pretty cool with that big rock. Something to think about though.... when you do water changes it will expose the rock to the air. Quite a few SW creatures will die off if they hit they air (sponges etc.) Just something to think about.

Sounds like an excuse to get a bigger tank! thumbs2:
Harls
06-22-2009, 07:13 AM
Sounds like an excuse to get a bigger tank! thumbs2:
lol!, nice tank, it looks promising!!
GeneralGoldeneye
06-23-2009, 03:10 AM
Sounds like an excuse to get a bigger tank! thumbs2:

Yep Yep Yep I already have a 75 gal I'm going to change over to a saltwater tank... I started with a 10 just to experiment with it being my first saltwater tankthumbs2:.....