lbs of liverock per gallon

[tygerfifteen]

whats the average?
I have 110 in my 65 gallon, kinda reef.

 

[ocellaris_keeper]

depends on what you plan on doing with it. I have less a lb per gallon in my FOWLR - but I don't like that my fish hide behind the LR.
I would rather see fish and animals than have a rock garden -but that's just me.

 

[nacl-man]

It seems that the average amount people have is 1 to 1.5 per gallon for a fish only... but not sure about a reef setup.
Hope that helps.
Cheers!

 

[goldrush]

Reef you want to be around 1.5/gal--110 in a 65 is good.

 

[elan]

that all depends on your taste and what you would like. In my tank, i think i have alot of rock, although i plan on adding some more on my left side of the tank (where my overflow is)
I do plan on making it into a reef tank, and made sure i allowed some space or easily moved rocks in case any corals i get come with big pieces of rock. But other than that, i wanted to create a wall, and that took lots and lots of rock. alot more than i thought.
about 235 lbs in a 135 gallon, along with almost 400lbs of sand (only 60 of it is live)
But as a warning... its been over a month, and my tank is still cycling. probably because i ended up getting some uncured rock (which was a bit cheeper)
Some helpfull advice.. if you plan on making a wall, try and get some large peices of rock instead of smaller peices. They stack much easier. I also looked for some nice flat peices which i created "shelves" for stuff to grow on.
Good luck

 

[toddpolish]

elan-
is your LR supported by PVC?
that is a lot of rock.

 

[elan]

no, only supported by about 3-4 inches of sand. I actually think this is safer than being supported by PVC. The weight is more evenly disbursed around a great surface area with the sand, instead of a much smaller area when using PVC.

 

[slick]

I know a lot of people like using pvc under thier rocks. But for me it makes more sence to put it on the sand.