"Seeding" live rock and live sand

Looking to put the finishing touches on my 55gal build. Obviously my thought was to save some $ (to be able to apply it to livestock and other cool stuff) and get dry rock and standard sand. Is there a % ratio for seeding the sand and rock in order to make it live?

 

I would get all dry rock, and only one or two pieces of live rock. The more dry rock the better as you will have less chance of getting unwanted hitch hikers.

You would only need a cup or so of live sand to get it seeded and to start growing.

EDIT: Will take longer to cycle etc though. As you wont have the bacterial load that you might normally. Things like Dr Tims, Seachem stability etc will help that process along.

 

Standard sand?

I definitely agree on the getting dry rock.

With that said, pay the money for sand such as Aragonite, you will be glad you did.

 

Guess my wording wasnt the best in this, lol...

Yes, dry rock was my plan. The question was how much dry rock does it take to "seed" the rest of the dry rock? Does more pieces mean faster seed, or is it all just time consuming no matter what?

@Corailline I was talking about aragonite sand, just not the store packaged live sand.

I called the local sand and rock place, they said that they did not carry aquarium sand, however they did have a natural sand that was not silica based. Somewhere I saw a test involving vinegar?