Hi all, I've been lurking for a few months but have a few questions. I just picked up a used 72 RR bowfront =) to upgrade my 20 long. The tank will be mostly softies and a few LPS corals.
First, live rock, I want to keep a more open look as my current tank hardly has any sand bed left anymore. I need to come up with about ~50lbs more on top of the 20lbs I have currently. I was going to order some marco rocks and use it to cycle the new tank. Only concern is the smell, I live in a two bedroom apt. with a roommate. Is the smell going to be too horrible the roomie will want to kill me? Would I be better off with the pre-cured stuff from liveaquaria (what I got for the last tank) or the lfs?
Next is tank flow. For a return I was going to pick up a mag 7 which should be good. I just need to figure out how much flow for the powerheads. what gph should I aim for? mabey give some suggestions? I was thinking 2 koralia 2's.
thanks a bunch
First, live rock, I want to keep a more open look as my current tank hardly has any sand bed left anymore. I need to come up with about ~50lbs more on top of the 20lbs I have currently. I was going to order some marco rocks and use it to cycle the new tank. Only concern is the smell, I live in a two bedroom apt. with a roommate. Is the smell going to be too horrible the roomie will want to kill me? Would I be better off with the pre-cured stuff from liveaquaria (what I got for the last tank) or the lfs?
Next is tank flow. For a return I was going to pick up a mag 7 which should be good. I just need to figure out how much flow for the powerheads. what gph should I aim for? mabey give some suggestions? I was thinking 2 koralia 2's.
thanks a bunch