Live Rock Questions

[BigEZ77]

Hi All,

I did my aquascape with RealReef rock. It is currently cycled and has two clowns in there now. After doing some research, I realized that I may have loaded too much rock into my tank and as such not enough swim room for the amount of fish I'd like to get and corals, so I have since reduced the amount of live rock (pics attached). I have my extra rock drying. Down the road, if I decide to add a piece or two, does that dry rock need to be cycled again or can I just put it in the tank?

In respect to the aquascape, do you think my new set-up is enough for the size of the tank? The first pic is the old aquascape, the two after are the new one that I just put together. Apologies for the quality of the recent pics, sand needs to settle again and I took them with my cell.

Thanks,

Russell

 

[PAXpress]

Hi All,

I did my aquascape with RealReef rock. It is currently cycled and has two clowns in there now. After doing some research, I realized that I may have loaded too much rock into my tank and as such not enough swim room for the amount of fish I'd like to get and corals, so I have since reduced the amount of live rock (pics attached). I have my extra rock drying. Down the road, if I decide to add a piece or two, does that dry rock need to be cycled again or can I just put it in the tank?

In respect to the aquascape, do you think my new set-up is enough for the size of the tank? The first pic is the old aquascape, the two after are the new one that I just put together. Apologies for the quality of the recent pics, sand needs to settle again and I took them with my cell.

Thanks,

Russell

I think you will be ok with the amount of rock in there. Can't really see the new scape too well. The rock when readded to the tank will take a bit of time to become live again.

 

[BigEZ77]

I think you will be ok with the amount of rock in there. Can't really see the new scape too well. The rock when readded to the tank will take a bit of time to become live again.

Thanks. So I don't need to cycle it outside of the tank? I'm guessing that everything would be dead if it was dry so shouldn't cause an ammonia spike but just want to be sure.

 

[BigEZ77]

Getting a little clearer now.

 

[BigEZ77]

Bump for the following question...My extra rock is fully dry now, but I'm thinking I might want to break a piece up into small pieces so I can use them for isolated coral frags in the sand bed. Will it be safe to add these pieces without causing a spike all over again?

 

[gone fishin]

I believe I would give the rocks a good rinsing and scrub of any dead stuff that you can see. After that if you wanted to use them for frags then I don't see why not. If there is anything left on the rock that does decay, your tank should be able to handle the load from a few small pieces. Good luck just my 2 cents.

 

[BigEZ77]

Thanks Tony