rinconmike
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I have a 150 gallon Fish Only with the primary filter a wet/dry with bioballs. I do have around 25 pounds of BRS Pukani Live rock (been in the tank for 6 months maybe longer) and two large dead coral Skeletons in the tank. Tank is around 18 months old.
I took around 30 pounds of Pukani Rock and silconed 10 to 15 pieces together to make a piece to replace one of the Coral Skeletons. I have had it curing for around a month so far in a can with a heater and power head. Last weekend ammonia was zero. So I added some table shrimp.
My question is, it is good to add the table shrimp to continue to cure and build bacteria or should I have not added the shrimp and let is sit another month (for 2 months total) without feeding it?
I can leave the shrimp in there for now and check the levels in a month or I can take out the shrimp (in a filter sock) and let it sit another month or so.
Any suggestions are appreciated.
Here are some progress pictures. I never took pictures of the final piece before I put it in the can to cure. So there are some more pieces added along with some egg crate on the bottom. I actually printed a footprint of the tank on some 24" wide paper to provide the layout on the tank bottom.
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/5728038/live rock/IMG-20110728-00074.jpg
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/5728038/live rock/IMG-20110731-00087.jpg
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/5728038/live rock/IMG-20110731-00088.jpg
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/5728038/live rock/IMG-20110731-00089.jpg
Here is a pdf of half the floor bottom if anyone wants it. I have a Perfecto 150:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/5728038/live rock/Fish Tank Drawing Model - Cropped.pdf
thanks,
Mike
I took around 30 pounds of Pukani Rock and silconed 10 to 15 pieces together to make a piece to replace one of the Coral Skeletons. I have had it curing for around a month so far in a can with a heater and power head. Last weekend ammonia was zero. So I added some table shrimp.
My question is, it is good to add the table shrimp to continue to cure and build bacteria or should I have not added the shrimp and let is sit another month (for 2 months total) without feeding it?
I can leave the shrimp in there for now and check the levels in a month or I can take out the shrimp (in a filter sock) and let it sit another month or so.
Any suggestions are appreciated.
Here are some progress pictures. I never took pictures of the final piece before I put it in the can to cure. So there are some more pieces added along with some egg crate on the bottom. I actually printed a footprint of the tank on some 24" wide paper to provide the layout on the tank bottom.
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/5728038/live rock/IMG-20110728-00074.jpg
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/5728038/live rock/IMG-20110731-00087.jpg
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/5728038/live rock/IMG-20110731-00088.jpg
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/5728038/live rock/IMG-20110731-00089.jpg
Here is a pdf of half the floor bottom if anyone wants it. I have a Perfecto 150:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/5728038/live rock/Fish Tank Drawing Model - Cropped.pdf
thanks,
Mike