Adding rock to cycled tank

Nano · #1 07-24-2012, 07:00 PM

I wanted to change up the layout of my tank, so I have thought of taking some LR out of the DT, and putting it in the sump cause its not working for coral placement, so is it ok to do this and add some dry, base, or LR to the DT in its place? I'm looking for more shelf space so to speak. It wouldn't be much, maybe 5-10lbs at most.

Btw anyone have any shelf pieces they wanna get rid of

Coralgurl · #2 07-24-2012, 07:20 PM

Base rock wouldn't be a problem to add, it'll just take time to become live. Be prepared for it to do some funky things for the first couple of months. I added some and it turned flourescent green for a while. I added additional live rock to my 55 last year. We had started with 20lbs, added 10 lbs live and 20 lbs base around the 5 month mark. All was fine.

Nano · #3 07-24-2012, 08:56 PM

That's kinda what I figured, I just hate my aquadcape no lol wish I had more shelf space from the start

gregzz4 · #4 07-25-2012, 12:59 AM

Isn't rescaping just part of the fun ?

Nano · #5 07-25-2012, 01:19 AM

Yeah, but the rock I bought all fits together the way I originally had it, which is why I bought it LOL. So now I'm looking for a few smallish shelves to add to the mix to change things up and add some space for sps to encrust

Coralgurl · #6 07-25-2012, 01:20 AM

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Originally Posted by gregzz4

Isn't rescaping just part of the fun ?

Sure, come on over and redo mine