its hip to be square....

yeah its pretty awesome to watch that!!!! I was amazed at the stuff that came to the surface with mine.
 
Yea it's pretty nasty stuff. No wonder I had Dino's!!!! :lol:
Hope to start build ideas for the tank this week
Corey
 
Just ordered 50lbs more of base rock and 80lbs of sand for the tank this morning!
Slowly but surely piecing it together.
Corey
 
Just FYI....the acid from HD or Lowes is junk. They call it "green" cuz they pretend that it is safer. That is not the case - it is just weaker. If you read the MSDS it is only something like 10% and it costs $7 or 8 a bottle. If you go to a pool supply place (look around, there are tons), you can get it in 30% concentrations for like $10 a gallon. You use less and it goes further for cheaper. Just be careful with the stuff....it is pretty nasty.
 
Yeah I know the stuff is weaker so I let it set longer and used less dilution. Some called for 1 gallon acid for 20 gallons of water with a dip time of 1-2 minutes. I did less blend and 7-8 minute dip time. Rock came out looking great
I just got tracking numbers for my order of rock and sand! :D
Corey
 
It must be a regional thing, ours is full strength here.

Corey I was waiting to see if you ordered some TBS rock and sand.
 
I ordered from reefrock.net.
I'm debating on ordering a few lbs of live rock from TBS to seed my new tank. My question is, a lot of the stuff on TBS dies off(sponges etc) so will it cause another cycle in my tank?
Should I add it to my brutes while I cure my current rock or just add it to my tank directly. I'm trying to avoid a second cycle
Corey
 
I would go over the plans with Richard but usually the things that will perish do well after the biological filtration is capable of handling it. You will lose a little but most people have not really had a lot of die off.
 
I would bet he suggests more, it is fairly dense rock so 20 lbs isn't much more than a piece or two. Do you have an eta on the tank yet?
 
4-5 weeks. For tank. Gotta get acrylic in and other stuff out, he's gonna let me help!!
Should I be scared....I am a little bit :lol:

For the rock I just want to seed my dead rock really
Corey
 
It's a great learning experience, I envy you, I have never done it. TBS is a bit spendy for tank seeding, but probably nothing better because it arrives in better shape than any rock.
 
The last truly great live rock I got came from Phishy Business, but I don't know if he is bringing in live rock any more. I think his name was Serdor or something like that. Several of us went in together for a bulk buy in Saint Louis.
 
Yeah I live across the street from Phishy! They have some but not the selection they used to have I hear. I'll have to go over an chat it up w them....not that me there is not normal. :D
As far as working w the acrylic, I'm mostly going to watch but maybe help here in there, he is a great acrylic worker and I don't want to mess up his flow:lol:
Corey
 
No it's going to have overflow on back. Felt center overflow took up too much space in a tank this small and would make aquascape harder. If I had newbie's(Wayne) footprint I would go that route
Corey
 
biecacka said:
No it's going to have overflow on back. Felt center overflow took up too much space in a tank this small and would make aquascape harder. If I had newbie's(Wayne) footprint I would go that route
Corey
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:lol::lol::lol:That is a burden I wouldn't even myself put on you. You don't have to aquascape the tank yet.
 
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