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Originally Posted by Myka
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You will always wait a year for dry rock to be fully seeded. You can't go around that.
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That's how long it takes for all the rock to become "live" right?
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... You simply may see more nitrates in the first year or so that your aquarium is up and running as the dry rock matures and develops full colonization of anaerobic bacteria within it. Just keep to light stocking of the tank as far as fish and critters go for the first year or so as you see nitrates developing.
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Sounds like the live rock acts almost like a buffer for ammonia-nitrite/nitrate-phosphate - the more you have the better the system can buffer a load, whether its from fish/invert/food debris or natural (or otherwise) die-off.
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... I would try to do 50/50, but 25/75 dry/live is acceptable as well. I have even seen people use all dry rock, and just one piece of live rock to seed. This works too, but takes a significant amount of time before the rock looks pleasing to the eye.
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I imagine you'd need to spend the first year (starting from 1x live rock) with little or nothing in the tank other than the rock?!?
BTW, very informative articles!
Vic