First Reef Pics And Q's

doodle1800

doodle1800

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PIC 1 55 gal
Just received the 25 lbs of LR from SWF yesterday and placed it right away. I already had 8 lbs of LFS LR. Quite a difference between LFS and SWF rock. A lot more coraline and living things on the LFS LR, but twice the price. I'd like everyone's opinion of this. SWF rinses off a lot of stuff.
 
doodle1800

doodle1800

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As you can see an inwall setup - its my first reef. I did a 10 gal with 5 lbs of LR for 10 months now and feel I can advance to the larger size now.
 
reefnut

reefnut

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Im sure the rock at the LFS gets rinsed off as well its just it had more time in a tank to grow new stuff That would be my guess
 
doodle1800

doodle1800

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the back.. using a sea clone skimmer - actually its working great I think. After 2 days the top cup was full of yellow liquid -I'm assuming it was unwanted contaminates in the water. Lots of foam..
 
overanalyzer

overanalyzer

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Looks sweet doodle!! I would also second the comment about your LFS rock having more time to have stuff growing on it - give it time and it will all look good. You might also look into hawaiian island base rock to help build up rock in you tank.
 
doodle1800

doodle1800

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Wife said to me last night - this is costing a lot of money!! (she has no idea I just spent $110 on a bunch of rocks, $180 total in the past 2 days..). I just looked at her and said, "there's an initial cost, then we sit back and relax". Haaa.....right...
What I was thinking was - as much as your clothes cost, honey.....
(19 years married - we're ok)... :D
 
beth

beth

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Looking good! As to adding more LR let me say that less may be best. If your plan is for a reef, you want to have more space for corals and coral growth rather than rocks. Also, there are some animals that you may give some sand space to.
I actually got too much LR for my tank and wish I had much less.
 
doodle1800

doodle1800

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ok - noted (LR quantity).. and I do have a coral background - already up, but might change it to a solid blue one instead...
 
doodle1800

doodle1800

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I just checked out LR from SWF and it does have things growing on it. Don't know what they are - one growth is a silver dollar size, off-white color colony of sponge like looking things. A snail - white with black dots (polyp safe?0.. and some coraline spots - looks nice.
 
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