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Originally Posted by reefknight
. Now his live rock is another thing, it's dead (no light on tanks?)
, most of his live rock tanks are poorly lit so most rock is dead.
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bacteria and bugs don't need light to live at all some of the ost populated rock I have came from a dark refuge that was set up for critter life instead of algae. in face the rock that was in 24 hour darkness had more pods and such onit than the rock that was in the main tank.
the definitation of live rock is slowly getting misscrewed towards rock that has algae and other "corals" on it instead of the true form which is rock that has been hosted by bugs and backteria and is capable of removing nitrates from the water due to the bacteria hosting in it.
sure the other stuff is pretty but all rock will go like that if you introduce one little chunk of plant/algae covered rock into your system.
Steve
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