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Ok ok doug... very feisty. Not once did I say anything about fish. I was just looking into why I have had a spike in Ammonia followed by Nitrites and Nitrates in the tank after a week. And I disagree about the dead rock being "dead", there would be quite a bit of "life" on it as it did not come in sterilized bags for shipping. No doubt nothing close to the live rock, but just in transport and through the people handling it. I guess that is obvious due to the test reading. All I was looking for was some past experience with the marco rock.

So far though I like the dry rock. Very easy to scape, fairly porous. You cant beat the price (and for a student that is a big deal when it comes to rock). It will of course be slower of a process before it turns into the filtration device that is needed, I was hoping seeding it with some sand from an established tank would help with this. We shall see.