Replacing all my LR in my tank......good idea?

[brianjfinn]

gnashty;574321 wrote: I had given this some thought too but settled on just getting all of the rock ready, then I can move all the old rock on the right to the left and all the newly cyled rock in the empty part of the tank in one swoop, possibly in one or 3 prebuilt structures....just lower it into the tank and zip tie them together....I figured if anything this would be a more stable route. I would be effectively increasing my biological filtration by 50# and then I will strategically remove the rocks I dont want - say 10-15# at a time over several weeks - I will probably only remove 40-50# total.

musicalocean is going to help me build the structures. Plus - this rock im getting is like legos - I dont see how anyone can make it look bad...except me..lol

That sounds like a really good plan. I'm the same way with aquascaping. I have a picture in my head and it never ends up looking anywhere close.

 

[gnashty]

rock should be here in an hour or two!!! not bad! - free shipping and its only been 3 days since the order was placed..

 

[william1]

I personally liked marco rocks a few years ago when they where shipping dry fiji. You could get huge pieces that were just amazing...

 

[gnashty]

Well, here it is!! 50# of Pukani Dry Rock from BRS - $160 shipped and arrived in 3 days.

I just stacked it out of the box to take a pic - Ill have fun playing with it later.

Its about 4 large peices (bigger than a basketball) and 5 medium size peices. Left in the bag is about 7 lb of rubble...the box weighed 59 lb.

There is a little bit of decay matter on it so Im sure Ill get a spike when curing in the garage without having to intervene.

I may order some Fiji shelf rock (in stock right now!) to supplement some bridges - or I may not....Ill let the wallet decide

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[musicalocean]

Wow that rock is gorgeous! Can't wait to start on your tank. It's going to be so much fun thanks for letting me help out with it! I think we can make some really amazing structures with this..

 

[gnashty]

Well, started to clean up my big rubbermaid to cycle the rock in and it isnt holding water......guess i need to make a trip to walmart this afternoon...