Too much Live rock??

[Beverly]

Originally Posted by Trevor Robertson

I was just looking at my tank thinking that I should get some more live rock for looks reasons. I have read that 1lb to 1gallon is a good idea but is there such a thing as too much live rock, I have read of people have 140lbs in a 90gal and so on...

Trevor, you saw my 42 hex the other night. There was only 34 lbs of LR in it then. Since switching around rock, corals, fish to get our 7 gal ready for some seahorses, the 42 now holds about 38 lbs. It looks a little more crowded now than it did before, IMO, so I'll have to take a few days of looking at it to get used to the new arrangement.

Before buying more rock, how about if you moved your existing rock around a few times to see if you can find a more pleasing arrangement? In our old 180, I seemed to reaarange the rock every couple of months or so (even though there were corals and fish in it), just to see if I could get that "optimal" look as well as provide even more interesting places for the fish to swim through, under and around. BTW, it's much easier to move rock when there aren't corals in the way.