Adding more live rock Question

ekelly36

ekelly36

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ok so I have about 30lbs of live rock now and I have a friend that is breaking down his 5 year established tank and giving me about 60 pounds can I just add it to the tank since it is already well established rock or do I have to add a little at a time? My tank has been up for almost 2 months I think...
 
ekelly36

ekelly36

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Well I added about 50 lbs bringing my total up to about 80 lbs of live rock... still need to move some stuff around but I can see ALOT of new life in my tank... and as I was adding I noticed I had a few what looked to be brittle stars moving around among the rocks... and some other things that I have questions about... I will post pictures up in a few min. My other question aside from some identifications is will my stirring up the tank harm my blenny and chromis?
 
xcali1985

xcali1985

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You may get a mild spike, equal to probably adding 1-2 fish to the tank. The actual stir up won't bother them any. They will be to busy trying to re-establish territory.
 
ekelly36

ekelly36

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Pics up, have a few questions again.... I still have some rock to move around to my liking... I just kinda put it in there to keep it alive while I made dinner :) But in picture one there is some spider web looking stuff.. What is that and where is it coming from, also reef safe? the 2nd picture had that big White eggsack looking thing again what is that lol along with the grey slime looking creature with the arms coming out... Then on the last picture again there is some grey slime and white slime looking stuff... feels like cured silicone but I dont think it is....
 
scrapman

scrapman

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more rocks equal more maintenance, more algae, more aptaisias which become unreachable, more hidden accumulated debris.
I have a 90 gal with lots of rocks.... I spend way too much time cleaning it.
Just me!
 
xcali1985

xcali1985

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Originally Posted by scrapman http:///t/390207/adding-more-live-rock-question#post_3454091
more rocks equal more maintenance, more algae, more aptaisias which become unreachable, more hidden accumulated debris.
I have a 90 gal with lots of rocks.... I spend way too much time cleaning it.
Just me!
What?
Everything you mentioned except maintenance can be prevented with proper QT, proper filtration and feeding habits, and proper flow. If you QT and monitor what is in the QT you should be able to catch any pest such as glass anemones. If im reading your response wrong, then please clear it up for me. It seems as you are implying that less LR better, because it's less work.
 
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eric b 125

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The white glob looks like a possible sponge to me, and from the picture it appears that there's a washed-out mushroom polyp beneath it and to the left
 
reefkprz

reefkprz

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both the white and the blackish "globs" are poriferans (sponges if you will) the black one is one of my favorites and can grow quite large and is well adapted to a home system being there are thousands of spoecies of sponges the actual species ID is really not possible since there are tons that look the same except under a micro scope. I can tell you that neither of those sponges will do well in direct light you should turn the rocks so they are not well lit if you wish them to survive. moderate flow is fine but they can do well in high or low flow the shape of the main body of the sponges will change with flow conditions, in higher flow they tend to be more compact and low profile while in lower flow the black one will begin to grow "pillars" off the main body.
 
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