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Originally Posted by lynnvangsnes  Lose the lava rock. It will harm your tank eventually. Skip the base rock. Save your bucks and put a chunk of LR in when you have the cash. The LR will help ease your bio load on your tank. Base rock is just a solid chunk that usually serves as a base for your live rock. Certainly, some smaller pieces of "non-living" rock can be pretty, be sure you know what kind it is because some types of rock can actually leech out harmful nutrients into your tank. It's not required to put everything in your tank at once. That's part of the fun. A piece of LR here and there, a specimen here and there. Take your time and plan it out! It's really a lot of run. Your tank isn't going anywhere. |
Whats so bad about lava rock? I'm just curious because I've had it in my fish only tank for years and I don't think that its caused anything abnormal. however I am planning on introducing live rock to my 60 gal pretty soon.