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Old 11-29-2013, 03:35 PM
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I always thought that more than 1 pound of live rock per 1 gallon of water simply meant extra filtration, with no real disadvantage other than some loss of space obviously... Does this make any sense?

There was a time way back when it was suggested at 2lb per gal. Now thats old school.
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Old 11-30-2013, 12:15 AM
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There was a time way back when it was suggested at 2lb per gal. Now thats old school.
or like my 250lbs in a 90 gal, I am like you now I like the sparse look but not as far as most seam to take it, I would go 1 to 1.5lb per gal depending on type of rock.

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Old 11-30-2013, 02:32 AM
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or like my 250lbs in a 90 gal, I am like you now I like the sparse look but not as far as most seam to take it, I would go 1 to 1.5lb per gal depending on type of rock.

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