well after a week and and a half cycle......i just added 22 lbs of Fiji live rock to the display...man 22 lbs doesn't go as far as you'd think................the rock is beautiful, lots of green and even some purple out of the box...i lost a little color during the cycle but i thinkit'll come right back.............made some pretty cool caves and left some nice flat areas for corals in a few weeks................i'll get some pics when i get my camera out of my work truck....................the hermit crab slept through the whole installation process and then it was feeding time.......he jumpe up {as usual} and ran right into a new rock wall.....then he kinda stood there as if to say "WTF?" when did this get here? lol


Question: what does everybody use as far as trace elements and stuff for "feeding" their live rock? I bought some Kent Marine reef salt....it's suposed to have trace elements in it but i haven't put any in yet, i just mixed a batch up for wedensdays water change..............i didn't really care for the texture of it .....but we'll see...any body got an opinion on salt mixes? I was useing instant ocean...................


Boss

i dont feed my liverock, i didnt even know i had to, lol. but it seems to be doing fine, all kinds of little critters and sponge, plants, and tons of coralline, i think ull be fine without feeding it. and for salt, i use alot of Instant Ocean products for my tank and the IO reef crystals seem to work great. start using some purple up, it will spread that little bit of coralline algae to alot, do you use any calcium/alkalinity supplements?

i wouldnt worry about it right now, but definitly grab some before you decide to start adding coral