Wow
I really have to re-think my light timers
You have way more light than I, but I can't keep my corals from bleaching if I do what you do

Maybe if I slowly ramp up my timers the corals will out-compete my GHA issue (wishful thinking)

Anyway, enough about me

Your tank is looking great so far (cyano aside)

Hope you don't need to change the rock :smile:

i never have issues with it , even on my new build its all dry pukani and i am having no nutrient issues or po4 issues. quick diatom bloom but thats about it:)

i used hundred of pounds of it in our 500g tank and that too went fine with no curing, added in sept fish in after a few weeks later:)

I dunno Denny, I read so many threads where people have issues, then comments like yours. So I said screw it, and used dead because of the pieces I had access to. But for me, it has been a problem. Where anytime I've used fresh rock, no issues ever.
Then you read threads about the 12 years worth of curing you need to do, and I question why go through all that when real rock is just a bit more, especially for sub 100g tanks. For me, time is money and I would rather spend an extra 100 bucks or so and just enjoy watching my reef, not trying to fit my lawn mower in it :)

I'm looking at about $400 for 50lbs, give or take

Nothing like added waste/rot to mess with your new tank
Hope you find it sometime

I had a wrasse go missing last month, but I expected it
Found him the next day, and it was like something from a piranha movie - all bones and such

Nailed

Ya, the Anthias was old and on it's last legs, er, fins, and I knew it would be going soon, Just kinda forgot about it tho, and now notice it's missing. Pretty sure I won't find any of it. Mixing 50g of new water, going to dose chemiclean and do a 50% water change.

50lb x 5.95/lb is 297 plus tax.

White sand is boring anyway. The cyano adds colour.

i agree , nothing beats liverock thats for sure. i hear all the time of people who run into issues with the dry rock....maybe the way i do it is just different lol no curing, no acid, no bleach just add water and walk away lol if it helps any i start carbon dosing right out the gate.i run gfo for the first bit until the bacteria can take the load.

every rock is diff though some are saturated in dried up sponges, crab claws etc.

i didnt go with liverock this time around even though i had some lying around as we dry scaped and worked on the tank all summer;)

stay tuned for tank journal!!

good luck with it buddy, youll pull through just fine:)

I'll have to negotiate that price here ....