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Originally Posted by bawest  I'm starting to buy in on the whole base rock myself. If you could only buy live rock seed in a bottle, we could save the reefs. It would be great for everyone, you buy live rock, bleach it, pour in a little "instant reef" and then wait one week for homemade live rock. |
Pretty much what happens anyways. Just let the rock sit and it will become live rock. In an established tank, no probs, your bacteria should spread to the base rock. In a cycling tank either your dead shrimp or fish will provide the necessary bacteria. Either way base rock becomes live rock, just takes a little more time, which never hurts a thing in SW!
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55 gallon slowly growing reef aquarium, 85 lbs. live rock, 2 1/2" sandbed, 1 False Percula Clown, 1 Sixline Wrasse, Tetratec PF500 filter, 2 110 watt URI Super Actinic VHO actinics, 2 250 watt metal halides with Reef Optix 2 reflectors powered by Blue Wave 3 ballast, born 1/3/08
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