Brad's 100 'n Change Cube-like Journal

[Aquattro]

I dunno Denny, I read so many threads where people have issues, then comments like yours. So I said screw it, and used dead because of the pieces I had access to. But for me, it has been a problem. Where anytime I've used fresh rock, no issues ever.
Then you read threads about the 12 years worth of curing you need to do, and I question why go through all that when real rock is just a bit more, especially for sub 100g tanks. For me, time is money and I would rather spend an extra 100 bucks or so and just enjoy watching my reef, not trying to fit my lawn mower in it

[gregzz4]

Originally Posted by Aquattro

not trying to fit my lawn mower in it

Nailed

[Aquattro]

Ya, the Anthias was old and on it's last legs, er, fins, and I knew it would be going soon, Just kinda forgot about it tho, and now notice it's missing. Pretty sure I won't find any of it. Mixing 50g of new water, going to dose chemiclean and do a 50% water change.

[reefwars]

Originally Posted by Aquattro

I dunno Denny, I read so many threads where people have issues, then comments like yours. So I said screw it, and used dead because of the pieces I had access to. But for me, it has been a problem. Where anytime I've used fresh rock, no issues ever.
Then you read threads about the 12 years worth of curing you need to do, and I question why go through all that when real rock is just a bit more, especially for sub 100g tanks. For me, time is money and I would rather spend an extra 100 bucks or so and just enjoy watching my reef, not trying to fit my lawn mower in it

i agree , nothing beats liverock thats for sure. i hear all the time of people who run into issues with the dry rock....maybe the way i do it is just different lol no curing, no acid, no bleach just add water and walk away lol if it helps any i start carbon dosing right out the gate.i run gfo for the first bit until the bacteria can take the load.

every rock is diff though some are saturated in dried up sponges, crab claws etc.

i didnt go with liverock this time around even though i had some lying around as we dry scaped and worked on the tank all summer

stay tuned for tank journal!!

good luck with it buddy, youll pull through just fine

[Proteus]

I used all dry rock and it's just getting colour to it now. The dry rock really seemed void of micro fauna and once I added some nice clean live rock the dry really woke up..

[Aquattro]

Originally Posted by Proteus

I used all dry rock and it's just getting colour to it now. The dry rock really seemed void of micro fauna and once I added some nice clean live rock the dry really woke up..

I did use about 20% live, so that helped, but it's still a PITA

[Aquattro]

Quick update, getting kinda done with this nonsense.

Currently the fish I could catch are in treatment tank, suffering from who knows what. Looks almost like velvet, but been fighting it longer than fish would last with velvet.
Achilles is dead, 3 Bartletts, a Lyretail and my male Mandarin.

Not enjoying my "hobby" right now