Adding sand a rock

fish1031

fish1031

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I am getting a fully set up 65g reef tank. It already has corals, fish, 35lbs of LR and some LS. I want to add more LR and LS. Will this be ok? I ordered 50lbs from this site a month ago and it has been in a 29g curing. Wll this cause any problems if I add that too the reef tank?
thx
 
kwiknezy1

kwiknezy1

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Honestly i think that the samd might be ok, as for rock...hmmmm.. if it is like already cured then you might have a small increase in trates. But i think that is all...you should be safe as long as the rock is cured as stated...
 
fish1031

fish1031

Active Member
well i think it is... its been in the 29g for a month and i got it from swf.com and they call it pre-cured
 
cjason3041

cjason3041

Member
if it has been in tank for a month and had good flow it should be cured...take the rock out and smell it. seriously... if it smells dead or rotting it is not cured. if it smells like the ocean go for it!
 
fish1031

fish1031

Active Member
well i just got home after being gone a week. the tank and rock looks like it has a lot of brownish red algae on it... why is this?
 
camely0

camely0

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If I were you I'd test the water of the curing tank. If it has nitrates and ammonia that's because the rock isn't cured because of the die off during shipping, same deal with anything "live" thats shipped. Do some 100% water changes and it should be ok after a week since its precurred. Once your done recurring you can add the live rock and sand. For the sand turn of your powerheads and add in small ammounts so you don't make it cloudy. Even if you do it should settle pretty fast depending on how fine the sand is.
 
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