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15 | 29.41% |
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13 | 25.49% |
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#1
12-13-2010, 05:05 AM
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I think I have about 0.5lbs per gallon in both my reef tanks. I much prefer to have more open space for swimming. Seems to be enough filtration.
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12-13-2010, 05:09 AM
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Ya, I just rockscaped the 180, and figure I might have 100 pounds...I prefer more open space. Not sure what it looks like yet, I added 4 bags of sand too, and I have a tank of milk. It felt good going in, maybe tomorrow I'll get to see it
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12-13-2010, 05:13 AM
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I personally find the "pounds per gallon" rule as useful as the "watts per gallon" rule
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12-13-2010, 10:07 PM
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The old school thought is 1 pound per gallon of mixed salt water in your tank and not the total capacity of your tank and sump. so a 100g tank would get about 85-90 pounds of rock. you can have more but less if you are going to heavily stock is frond upon, as the rock will not be able to keep up with the bio load demand.
Bill
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12-13-2010, 10:15 PM
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I think surface area is probably the more meaningful metric so while you're waiting for the water to clear, measure the volume of your rock using the Archimedes principle and then measure the surface area of said rock and let us all know the results. The method for measuring surface area is left as an exercise to the reader. Bonus points if you somehow use a laser. Extra bonus points if you use a blue laser. http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/lights/896a/
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12-13-2010, 10:24 PM
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1.5 lbs per gal would be OK if you could set it up in a sump. Way too much rock in the display for my taste .
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12-13-2010, 10:36 PM
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Just to be different, I like lots of rock. Never been an "open" look fan. I love full reef tanks. More rock, better filtration, just need to make sure enough water movement and placement to allow for such. I can say for a fact, most fish we keep, including the cruising tangs, love lots of rock and hidey places. Anyways, just a different opinion to the mix.
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12-13-2010, 11:30 PM
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2lbs/g ish......
 .....110g display not to full looking with probably 100 lbs.....sump STUFF-ED with probably close to another 100 lbs.......the more the better....
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