taking out live rock and tank balance ?
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Leroy
Pres. NE Matchcover Club
Are you going to remove all the live rock or just some of it? I would have to take a wild shot at this and say it would have some effect, as to how much I couldn't say. An answer to that has to be on a search engine somewhere. As reefers we add the rock for primarily the bio filtering process, secondly a place for our corals to grow and third cause we like the natural effects and looks real purdy when coaline, sponge, and mini dusters are growing on it.
garyl
Well-Known Member
Willray,
Be very careful about the amount you pull.
I made the mistake of pulling too much while I was changing my tank over and I had all kinds of problems.
I ended up buying a bunch of Marco rubble from Brendan and stuffing the little pieces into my overflows and sump. FYI, I'm not going to remove those pieces.
In my opinion, you can never have too much live rock in a tank.
HTH,
Gary
Be very careful about the amount you pull.
I made the mistake of pulling too much while I was changing my tank over and I had all kinds of problems.
I ended up buying a bunch of Marco rubble from Brendan and stuffing the little pieces into my overflows and sump. FYI, I'm not going to remove those pieces.
In my opinion, you can never have too much live rock in a tank.
HTH,
Gary
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willray
Division Champs
Thinking I want to sell my 6 yr old aquacultured live rock so I can buy some marco rock for my new 120.My rock is covered in corals,zoas and such(wish I knew then what I know now about placement) that I really don't want in the new tank or on the rocks.That way only thing going in wiil be what I put in....hopefully!Maybe 25lbs or so a week would give it chance to balance out.
afboundguy
Acan's are inedible candy
I'd say if you remove it very very slowly, like a piece a week, you could avoid the majority of the problems but all at once could be a recipe for disaster IMO...
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