I agree with Shane, if you could see my first tank you'd faint but 7 years
later that rock is still in my tank and is so colorful you'd faint again.And
that rock(Florida) has been through at least 4 crashes.I would agree to
adding but replacing , not on your life.
Tom
----- Original Message -----
From: "Shane Moore" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, January 09, 2001 9:03 PM
Subject: Re: 500 gallon tank
> glen
> i recognize that we learn most of this from experience and a little by
> asking/reading etc. i'm not suggesting you didn't approach this the right
> way, in fact i think you've done great, but my comment was that "i fail to
> understand...".
>
> i guess the question is more appropriate for ron or the others on the list
> who would advise to dump 600 pounds of rock. think about it guys, the
rock
> is yanked out of the ocean, dumped in a boat, hauled ashore and dumped in
> some vats or tanks, put in boxes without water and shipped half way around
> the world, sometimes arriving five days later to be dumped in a tank where
> the ammonia and/or nitrite spike, and the shit is still fine. in fact, we
> then have GOOD rock. so to suggest that because you have a slime/hair
algae
> problem or the water is cloudy or you had an ammonia spike you should
throw
> out 600 pounds of rock is....well, silly.
>
> glen, FWIW, i would keep all the rock. scrub it and use the crappier
pieces
> as the base. get good lights and improve the water quality and coralline
> algae will start to grow quickly. if you want visual impact from the rock
> go buy a couple spectacular pieces. then throw the extra crappy pieces in
> the monster sump you talked about.
>
> this isn't meant to piss anyone off, merely a reality check.
>
> shane m.
>
> >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >Subject: Re: 500 gallon tank
> >Date: Tue, 9 Jan 2001 12:00:42 EST
> >
> >That is why I ask questions. To find out from others how to do things.
> >Didn't seem "silly" to me because I guess I didn't know better. Now I do
> >and
> >thanks.
> >Glen
>
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