I'm setting up my tank (red sea max) with ALL dry rock I got from bulk reef supply next week. Going to use dr. Tim's one and only to set up the cycling.
Besides bacteria dry rock appears to be missing a couple of things:
1. Coralline algae
Does anyone have this product or similar product as indopacific sea farms does not ship to Canada.
For those who dont know what this is and are curious check out the following link
http://www.ipsf.com/corallinebooster.html
2. Beneficial hitch hikers
It will be some time before I actually put live stock in. Was wondering if it was beneficial to put Copepods in, to kind of seed the aquarium. Will they reproduce even if I don't put phyto algae in?
Anything else anyone suggests i stock to make up for the lack of biodiversity in dry rock (except for live rock or sand)
Another question I had is on quarantine, I was thinking about putting a dymax iq3 aquarium in the cabinet. Is a quarantine even necessary? Is coral dip or other similar chemicals good enough?
Thanks for your help
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