First forays...

[mark]

so now it starts.

Prices aren't that far off. In Edmonton LR goes for $10/pound

[LeeR]

oh man!... and i thought it was bad in vernon!

[SeaHorse_Fanatic]

The live rock is actually reasonably priced considering the extra shipping since it works out to $8.99/lb. Most places in the Lower Mainland sell their live rock at a retail price of $7.99+ (J&L's starts at $8.49/lb for small quantities) so that's actually pretty good pricing. The salt is way cheaper here though.

[BlueAbyss]

Well, the salt would actually have been cheaper, but it was there and so was the rock... I wanted to get started since it was all right there I could actually have ordered it from Saskatoon, it would have come in on the bus. I don't know what shipping would cost, but the salt would be 64.99 for Instant Ocean... not bad at all.

[BlueAbyss]

Yeah the rock wasn't a bad price. Just everything else And there is no life on the rock either. Just rock, bacteria, and some purple coralline.

I have added substrate and rescaped a little. It's a good thing I picked the pieces of rock that I got, when stacked you can't tell there is more than one piece...

[Myka]

If you're wanting more rock I will have some for sale soon here if you're down in the Saskatoon area, and I will sell it to you for a lot less than $10/lb and most of it has lots of life and color.

[LeeR]

thats a sweet aqua scape.

[BlueAbyss]

Originally Posted by Myka

If you're wanting more rock I will have some for sale soon here if you're down in the Saskatoon area, and I will sell it to you for a lot less than $10/lb and most of it has lots of life and color.

Awesome, I'll be looking to add to my rock for sure, if not for this tank than for the other. Just let me know what you want for it, and maybe I could get you to toss it on the bus for me? I won't be able to get to S'toon anytime soon, it seems... I've been trying for a trip in July but it doesn't look like it will happen.

Originally Posted by MacheteAvenue

thats a sweet aqua scape.

Thanks. I tried my best with the 2 pieces of rock I have Now I need decent lights, twin T8s won't cut it at all.

While doing this all I've been testing. Adding the substrate seemed to raise the pH to 8.4 from 8.2 yesterday. While I can't explain that, pH is back down to 8.2 today. Ammonia has been 0 throughout, 0 nitrite, yesterday nitrates were 5 ppm, today I have the same or slightly less. So I think the tank has had a sort of mini-cycle.

[Myka]

Originally Posted by BlueAbyss

Awesome, I'll be looking to add to my rock for sure, if not for this tank than for the other. Just let me know what you want for it, and maybe I could get you to toss it on the bus for me? I won't be able to get to S'toon anytime soon, it seems... I've been trying for a trip in July but it doesn't look like it will happen.

I don't mind putting it on the bus. I have some styrofoam boxes I can put it in. I'm not sure what it's worth in these parts, but I will get back to you when I'm ready to sell.

[karazy]

looks good! i think the scape would look good with a branch/overhang coming off the right of the rock pile.

for example (these are just rough drawings to help express what im saying)



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