Tank aqua scaping help

[Aquattro]

Originally Posted by albert_dao

No, this is a false pretense.


HTH

Thanks for the great explanation!

[albert_dao]

Thanks, I just wish I could edit out some poor grammar, haha!

[reefwars]

well said man

[Coralgurl]

Please excuse my ignorance or stupidity with this as I've read Albert's post a few times. Sump vs DT - basically flow to push the water through the rock? (obviously over simplifying the entire explanation)

And, Brad, you have 100#'s in what size tank? Next question is then do I need 150 #'s in the 180?

[Aquattro]

Originally Posted by Coralgurl

Please excuse my ignorance or stupidity with this as I've read Albert's post a few times. Sump vs DT - basically flow to push the water through the rock? (obviously over simplifying the entire explanation)

And, Brad, you have 100#'s in what size tank? Next question is then do I need 150 #'s in the 180?

Not sure I understand the first part.

No, I have that in a 180. So I would use anywhere from 90ish to 120, depending on porosity, shapes, etc.

[albert_dao]

The long and the short of it is if you have zero NH4, adding more rock to your sump will not improve your biological capacity. The rest of it was just a roundabout way or proving that bacterial populations have a limiting factor.

[Coralgurl]

First part of my statement was just saying I didn't completely understand Albert's explanation and how it tied in to the original question of relocating the rock to the sump that is currently in my DT.

[Bblinks]

old tank, typical fruit stand look.



I went with a less is more approach. Left side is an island and right side a lagoon. I still ended up with more rocks then I anticipated in the DT but I really like it. Make sure you do account for coral growth which I didn't think would have been an issue in the 300 but think again.



semi recent picture, running out of room quick. I did sold off 4 of my large colonies to the lfs and its looking less crowded now. kinda...