jump starting new tank

patience is always the remedy especially with saltwatertanks.ive learned that lately.

 

Otty, like Tangster and I, started his tank with dead base rock and seeded it with one piece of live rock (or a cup of live sand) from a trusted source.

The only reason I would use live rock is for the bacteria.

 

I started with base rock and seeded with a piece of nice clean rock as well.:thumb_up:

 

Saved you a good chunk of change doing it that way too I'll bet

 

this may have already been discussed already but ill ask anyways ;D.has anyone ever use pieces or a cement block for live rock.i was thinking of when i start my bigger tank to use a cement block as a base for some live rock(make caves).will the cement turn live to?maybe a stupid question but i would like to know before i do a giant boo boo.

 

I know some people do their own diy rock so I dont see a problem with it. And yes you save lots of benjamins using base rock in the star. Yeah it might not look awesome in the first 6 months but then cant tell the diffrence. Like otty says " Going fast is only good in drag racing not SW"

 

I re pipeed and re pumped and set up the 3,500 or 4,500 gallon mistake in a place in Va. And I filled it full of cinder blocks to build the base rock wall upon a tank 20 Ft long and 6 ft his and 4 or 5 ft wide takes a lot of rock Now the true measurements and gallonage of the tank is a distance memory now its been over a yr since I re worked it. Again all dead base rock.

 

I'm fighting a problerm today that came in on some Live rock several yrs ago. That had spread to a base of a coral I kick my self for not just tossing the corals out also.. .. May just junk them all out anytime now everytime I look at the tank I want to toss it all. Nuke it and start over.. maybe not start over!!! I'm about due for a break in the happiness. Been 20 yrs since I was tankless

 

cool.i figured i could do it.i always just wondered about it.makes for a great base for some fiji rock.will any worms penetrate the rock as time goes?