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Originally Posted by eli@fijireefrock.com
Yes like Denny said and I know of few people did the quick drop in the tank load it with live stock and turn lights on then cross your fingers...
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sure...but thats not what i did lol
bacteria...organics
these are the two things about using dry rock....with a little help from mr science we know each of these can be manipulated , removed or added to
so why did my tank show no phosphates ( still doesnt ) , no amonia and no nitrates ?
the same way live rock can or cant lol
nutrients can be imported ( hence why the rock has it anyways ) there fore it can be exported , simple carbon dosing can take care of that ( worked great for me ) but exporting nutrients isn't new technology its pretty darn documented on how well and what ways its removed.
the other is bacteria ...ill say this it would take chemicals to kill bacteria...simply drying the rock isnt enough to get rid of bacteria , may bring the population down but wont kill it completely as well..bacteria is not in short supply be it in a reef, in the air or anywhere for that matter
to this day i havent got 1 pound of liverock in my tank , now yes the corals i add has bacteria and the bases they are on but in weight what do we have maybe 2 lbs....surface area isnt great on my toch stem but none the less bacteria is there lol
so how much bacteria does it take to convert amonia?
we use to say a lb per gallon .....some say 2 lol
what if i told you i cant remember the last time i seen a person who had a tank crash due to not enough bacteria populatio ( not unless we go bacjk to the chemicals ) you would be hard pressed to stop the process if you tried lol.
so while i wanted to wait months , add all kinds of bleach and acids , go buy actual liverock etc.
when i did the math ( and its not just me , hit the chemistry forum on rc ) it didnt make any sense to me to go through any of this
def not for the inadvanced but def isnt the only way to do it either or the best lol