starting a new tank

Tacoyaki · #1 07-30-2011, 06:05 PM

oh okay, thanks you

RuGlu6 · #2 07-30-2011, 09:27 PM

If you dont want bad pests like Bobbit/unice worms make shure you start with Dry rock not the live rock.
http://www.canreef.com/vbulletin/sho...t=77266&page=2
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http://www.jlaquatics.com/phpstore/s...t_ID=cs-rrock2

Tacoyaki · #3 07-30-2011, 09:44 PM

would it be fine to use rock that's been sitting in a bucket for a while? or from a tear down?

RuGlu6 · #4 07-30-2011, 09:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Tacoyaki

would it be fine to use rock that's been sitting in a bucket for a while? or from a tear down?

If you nuke the rocks you may be safe, however if it is wet you never know what survived and these guys can be very resilient. They can go with out food for months.
After what i had to go thrugh catching the bobbit worm, i will never buy a live rocks.

If you want to be sure just get the rocks to dry out and wait for a month os so.
BUT then there will be a lot of die off from these rocks and you will have to wash it and soak it and wash it again. So may as well boil the rocks, but it will stink up your kitchen unless you do it outside. For the above stated reasons i recomend dry rock.

Tacoyaki · #5 07-30-2011, 09:51 PM

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Originally Posted by RuGlu6

If you nuke the rocks you may be safe, however if it is wet you never know what survived and these guys can be very resilient.

so for base rock you just wash it off in tap water then put it in the tank or?

RuGlu6 · #6 07-30-2011, 09:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Tacoyaki

so for base rock you just wash it off in tap water then put it in the tank or?

yes for dry base rock that is the way.
J&L has nice shapes, this is very important step in seting up your tank. This is what you will be looking at. Go to J&L and see what they done with two "mountains and space in between" design.
What you can do is get a rectangular sheet size of your tank, and try to get some nicely shaped dry rock at J&L and see what you can get in terms of good design of your land scape.
Might be hard to get it the same way though when you get home.LOL,

Tacoyaki · #7 07-31-2011, 01:25 AM

ill check it out tomorrow

thanks for the great advice =], btw im contemplating with getting a heater. Since it's summer and it gets pretty hot will i need a heater? I haven't installed one in the tank but i've been closely watching the water temp. During the day it goes into the 28-30c and at night it falls down to 24-26. Would this be good enough? or should I go for a heater?