setting up 50 gallon tank

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  1. Bever

    Bever Plankton

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    Was wanting to know if 30 pounds of live carribian rock added aweek ago ,will it be alright to add 15 pounds of tonga rock next week.Will it be to soon for cycling the tank? I read that you should'nt add live sand til the rock has cured is this correct?:-/
     
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  2. Annie3410

    Annie3410 Teardrop Maxima Clam

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    you can add sand whenever you want. there is not real need to use "live" sand however. you can use some live sand and mix it with the dry sand, or you can go all dry sand and save some $. dry sand will become live in time, and all your critters will come in your live rock anyways.
     
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  3. Bever

    Bever Plankton

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    thanks for the reply, just did'nt want to srew this up.
     
    Bever, May 9, 2009
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