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Please do not quote me, I could be wrong but yes you can cycle with uncurred rock. The only thing that I can think of is your cycle will be longer. Also I don't think it is even a good idea to add cured LR after a cycle. I believe it can be done but is better to do during your cycle. I am...

a 50% water change??? :confused: That seems like a huge ammount of water to change.

also you might want to look into aragocrete if you want some cheap rock. Do some searches on this site and you will find a lot of info

i don't want to advise against buying it from here. Personally myself I would look to find a good deal locally, just because of price. But I say get it now.

I found it at a message board that is set up for people in my state. I would suggest searching for something like that for yourself. I found a few offers of $4 and $3 a pound. I just went for the closest $3 deal and the guy didn't want to weigh the rock and just gave me a flat rate. I bought...

i found some locally from other hobbyists for cheap. Also there is stuff called aragocrete. Just do a search for it, you will find tons

also in that tank is 32 #'s of live rock. Just incase you wanted to kinda get a feel of what it may look like.

for my 20 gallon that I just started I used 1.5 50 pound bags of southdown. Here is a pic. It is a lot cheaper, each bag cost me $5. The sand be is pretty deep.

i tried washing the rock off by moving it up and down at the surface...did not do much good...you say just aim the powerhead at it????

my tank was a massive cloud of southdown when I added my southdown. I then added my rock and now it looks all sandy, will it go away??

oh wow...Mine didn't open that much. I just have an ordinary flourescent bulb though. I am assuming I will never see that unless I upgrade. It has neon green tips right???

Originally posted by SquishyFish That looks like that mat for a colony of green star polyps. Click on my link and look under "corals" and you will see what they look like open. Squishy what link???

I think the big thing that confused me so far with this tank was that I bought this rock from a guy who lives near me and well I usually found posts about how you will have die off and that will start your cycle. Well I don't think I had any die off because he lives so close and we kept the...

Originally posted by Scotts D22, Please do not take this as flaming, but it sounds like you started your tank the same way that I did. Just kind of jumped in and listened to the lfs for advice. So rather than sound like I am preaching to you let me tell you what I have found. My lfs had a...

20 gallon, no corals, how many hour should I run my lights. As of right now I just have an ordinary flourescent bulb.

I forgot to ask also, what do you mean by a mess when you speak about all the bubbles at the top of the tank? Thanks.

oh...I am glad I posted a pic then. I thought that I wanted the bubbles in there so I have had the air flow cranked up. What kind of glue should I use, will ordinary super glue be fine?

what is the venturi?? Is that just the piece that angles the flow up on an angle??? That is also close to full air flow for the powerhead, does it matter if I decrease the air flow a lot, to decrease the noise? Thanks Bang Guy

here they are. Water is a little cloudy because I was movin the sand around trying to clean the sides. Also I noticed they kinda went in when I looked this morning. I am assuming they come out because of the light. You can't see the growth coming out in this pic.

Here is a pic...water is a little cloudy because I was washing the sides and mixed the sand a little...