The owner and aquarist of a LFS came to see my setup at home I was having problems and he saw I had deadrock and he asked me where i got it I bought it. online 50lbs, he said not to use it because it is LIME rock and in his experience limerock removes the magnesium of the saltwater. He said I was looking for trouble with those rocks. My intentions were to get 50lbs deadrock and 50lbs liverocks and aquascape w/ it then cycle tank to get ready to introduce my corals.
To all , is limerock harmful to a marine reef setup? I have live caribbean sand and live rock in my setup cycling for 2wks now. I checked amonia,nitrite, nitrate, and Ph levels all are 0 and my Ph is 7.8 is this ok. ? Should i be using a skimmer while cycling tank in my new setup? I see skimmer cup very clean no foam it's been 2days since setup and I am worried that there is no foam in my skimmer's cup. But again there is no waste to be picked up since I am in the cycling stage of my thank right? The LFS aquarist said to just let the setup run with just liverock and sand for 4 to 6 wks before introducing any fish or corals is this ok? Please excuse me for asking so much questions it's just that I have a 75gal saltwater tank my dream is to be able to put corals and fish in there and hope the way I'm doing it is thhe right way thanks
To all , is limerock harmful to a marine reef setup? I have live caribbean sand and live rock in my setup cycling for 2wks now. I checked amonia,nitrite, nitrate, and Ph levels all are 0 and my Ph is 7.8 is this ok. ? Should i be using a skimmer while cycling tank in my new setup? I see skimmer cup very clean no foam it's been 2days since setup and I am worried that there is no foam in my skimmer's cup. But again there is no waste to be picked up since I am in the cycling stage of my thank right? The LFS aquarist said to just let the setup run with just liverock and sand for 4 to 6 wks before introducing any fish or corals is this ok? Please excuse me for asking so much questions it's just that I have a 75gal saltwater tank my dream is to be able to put corals and fish in there and hope the way I'm doing it is thhe right way thanks