starting a new tank [Archive]

playa0069u

11-06-2006, 10:36 PM

hey I have a question if I use 100% live rock and live sand instead of mixing them with dead stuff, will the tank not get as much alge? my tank only has algae blooms on the base rock which was dry and not on the live rock.

RHAPALA

11-07-2006, 02:03 AM

wow thats a good question i too would like to know the answer to that one

perpetual98

11-07-2006, 08:34 AM

If your live rock has coralline algae on it, I've noticed that other algaes don't tend to grow over it. Maybe that has something to do with it. Other than that, I don't really have an answer for you. :)

Eric

dakar

11-07-2006, 09:55 AM

My best guess.... it would depend on the actual composition of the base rock...

We've got a few hundred pounds of what they called Tufa rock (very lightweight and so pourus water will litterly run through it) never much nusiance algae but rapidly covered with coraline. Other Lace rock we have had wet for over a year hasn't really colored up much, and tends to grow a bit more HA and the like...

Just my guess and what we've seen thus far.

perpetual98

11-07-2006, 09:57 AM

We've got a few hundred pounds of what they called Tufa rock

Need to get rid of any of that? :)

dakar

11-07-2006, 10:02 AM

Need to get rid of any of that? :)

We haven't decided what we are going to do with it all yet... I've got rubbermaid tubs scattered around the basement filled with LR, water, and a powerhead. The problem is the day after I get rid of some or all of it the 'tank of our dreams' will fall into our laps and we'd be starting over from scratch.

perpetual98

11-07-2006, 10:04 AM

No biggie. I'm starting a 40B at work in the next month or two and I'd like to get some decent rock in there without having to buy any top-shelf LR. I've got some LR at home that's pretty much dead now. I don't need a heck of a lot, just some stuff with interesting shapes. I'll keep my eyes peeled. :)

lReef lKeeper

11-07-2006, 10:35 AM

i have some Eric, but shipping would be crazy !! you can come on down and get it (it is probably about 25lbs.)

perpetual98

11-07-2006, 12:06 PM

I ain't too good at math, but I think that shipping would be less than me coming to Kentucky. :)

lReef lKeeper

11-07-2006, 02:51 PM

blah,blah,blah ... you might get beatup down here !! especially at voting time !!

playa0069u

11-07-2006, 03:35 PM

anyways lol it is not bought base rock it is just live rock from a long dry tank that was cleaned.