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Old 05-22-2008, 07:18 PM
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once i get a skimmer for my fish only tank, what else is required to before introducing live rock?
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Old 05-22-2008, 07:22 PM
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nothing you could of put live rock in before its just bacteria that makes it LIVE rock i mean the only other important things would be getting a Heater and geting a device that reads your waters Temperature, and live sand
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Old 05-22-2008, 07:25 PM
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agreed, LR is generally the first thing i add. fish only or reef
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Old 05-22-2008, 07:26 PM
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nothing you could of put live rock in before its just bacteria that makes it LIVE rock i mean the only other important things would be getting a Heater and geting a device that reads your waters Temperature, and live sand
oh yea, i forgot about live sand. i have crushed coral as my substrate, would that work with live rock or would i have to replace it with the sand?
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Old 05-22-2008, 07:29 PM
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not really, you can use both, or either. if you do want sand i would suggest the GARF Grunge.
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Crushed Coral will require more maintenance that sand but if you are okay with that should be no problem.
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Old 05-23-2008, 01:58 PM
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out of curiosity, are there any organisms that will clean the crushed coral I have as substrate?
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Old 05-23-2008, 02:29 PM
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yeah I have curshed coral and I am also wondering on what I need to help matain it. so I am tagging along this tread to see if there is any good news
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Check this thread for crushed coral problems and why sand is usually recommended:

http://www.reefbuilders.com/forums/n...l-vs-sand.html
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Old 05-23-2008, 03:19 PM
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after reading the thread it occured to me that there are macro organisms that do burrow to find the detritis in the CC and sand, so i would still say both, but that's just my opinion.

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to make it easyer and not have regrets later just change to live sand
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Old 05-23-2008, 03:26 PM
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i love the thought of taking all the ideas and rolling them into one. how deep of a DSB would you suggest, were i to go sand only on my next tank?

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