Hi guys,
Jacques here from Nelspruit, Mpumalanga. I have started looking at obtaining my first marine tank and have a few questions....don't all newbies have those?
Any way; here they are:
1. I do want to get the environment as close as possible to the real thing and have started looking at Live Rock.
Thus far I have not really seen what I have liked...too many shops sell what they call "live rock" and it looks little more than dead bricks. I have now come across a guy who sells live rock from his home in small quantities and it looks great there. He says he guarantees up to 60% more life on his rock than anywhere else available in SA. He wants R130-00 per kg....is this a fair price? Price does not include postage and packaging.
2. By purchasing this rock from him...will I have to wait a while before introducing fish? I don't want to go ahead and buy rock and fish at the same time if the rock is going to affect the fish adversely?
3. How long after introducing the rock can I start with introducing fish?
Hope this is in the right place, I just thought aquascaping should be the beginning of my string of q's! Any help from you experts out there will be much appreciated.
Jacques here from Nelspruit, Mpumalanga. I have started looking at obtaining my first marine tank and have a few questions....don't all newbies have those?
Any way; here they are:
1. I do want to get the environment as close as possible to the real thing and have started looking at Live Rock.
Thus far I have not really seen what I have liked...too many shops sell what they call "live rock" and it looks little more than dead bricks. I have now come across a guy who sells live rock from his home in small quantities and it looks great there. He says he guarantees up to 60% more life on his rock than anywhere else available in SA. He wants R130-00 per kg....is this a fair price? Price does not include postage and packaging.
2. By purchasing this rock from him...will I have to wait a while before introducing fish? I don't want to go ahead and buy rock and fish at the same time if the rock is going to affect the fish adversely?
3. How long after introducing the rock can I start with introducing fish?
Hope this is in the right place, I just thought aquascaping should be the beginning of my string of q's! Any help from you experts out there will be much appreciated.