 Re: Questions about a new tank
the liveaquaria is that dr fosters? i got some lr from there before they changed to dr fosters it was petwharehouse at the time. it was nice lr and after a while of being in the tank i have found tons of life on it i also have bought fresh lr also. the mo stuff had nice corraline growth. even though it is wrapped in newspaper there will be a lot of die off due to shipping. one thing i did was clean off any sponges that was on the rock the rest i left go. any sponge once exposed to air will die no matter what and will take a long time to dissapear which can make more ammonia than what you might want. i would reccomend removing them but leave every thing else. if you give it time just about anything that was on the rock will eventually grow back. i removed the sponges as i said now i have q tip sponges, yellow and white ball sponges growing back plus a large encrusting white one. _________ karla  75 gall, 80 lbs sand, 110 lb lr, 10k pcs, atinics, emperor 400, prizm skimmer, hagen and maxi jet powerheads | 
