Hey Quin,
Just so you know, I only started with 20 pounds of live rock in my 180, and when you saw it, it was merely 2 months old, and already tons of coraline algae.
The other 250-280 pounds of rock in there was "dead" live rock. I bought it off of a guy that had to move and it was all live rock before but was sitting in stagnant saltwater for 2 weeks. It was all white when I got it. I didn't even boost my alk/calcium levels up...it just takes a little bit of patience.
Hope this helps..
Des
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