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Old 12-30-2010, 03:44 PM
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not to hi jack the thread or anything but i have a sea max 130 and i got the media rack full of little chunks of live rock and some charcol is this a good idea having a bunch of liverock in the media rack?
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Old 12-30-2010, 03:52 PM
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not to hi jack the thread or anything but i have a sea max 130 and i got the media rack full of little chunks of live rock and some charcol is this a good idea having a bunch of liverock in the media rack?
yes!........lr is by far the best "media" available for the colonization of beneficial bacteria......
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Old 12-30-2010, 04:13 PM
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ive just heard that it can turn into a nitrate factorie with waste just building up on it all the time so i was just wondering..
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Old 12-30-2010, 07:36 PM
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well that doesnt mean that you can let the chamber get all soupy....you still need the clean the chambers of detritus build up, but you dont need to replace LR, like you do with most other medias.....
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