OK, heres the deal- I have two tanks; a 125g with a 60g sump that I want to set up as a fish only, and a 75g with a 55g sump that I want as a reef tank. The 75g has been my freshwater tank for several years, and it bores me now. The 55g sump tank has been my current start of a reef tank, just going through cycling and algea growths now with a few damsels in it. I got about 50lbs of dead live rock from a friend of mine (all white- nothing growing on it) and put it in my tank with about another 15lbs of cured live rock from my LFS. When I bought the cured rock I was given the impression that the coraline algea would spread very quickly. 5 months later and still no coraline. I've been dosing with B-Ionic daily and topping off with kalkwasser every other time for about a month.
That all being said, I guess it's time to get to my questions. I'm going to start over with the reef tank transferring everything to the 75g, would it help the rock to cure if I put it in the sump of the 125g to try to get the most water movement in the least amount of space? Is the length of time for it to cure supposed to be this long? I know nothing good happens fast in a reef tank, but is 5 months normal? Other than the B-Ionic and kalkwasser is there anything I can do to encourage growth? Also, it appears as though 40% of the algea sluffed off the cured live rock I bought and is just recently beggining to come back- it looks like very thin layers have been placed on the edge of the good growth, with the edges peeled up (I don't know if this makes any sense, will have to borrow my dads digital camera to try to post a picture if it doesnt).
Sorry for the lengthy post, but I would appreciate any help you guys can give me. Thanks,
Scott
That all being said, I guess it's time to get to my questions. I'm going to start over with the reef tank transferring everything to the 75g, would it help the rock to cure if I put it in the sump of the 125g to try to get the most water movement in the least amount of space? Is the length of time for it to cure supposed to be this long? I know nothing good happens fast in a reef tank, but is 5 months normal? Other than the B-Ionic and kalkwasser is there anything I can do to encourage growth? Also, it appears as though 40% of the algea sluffed off the cured live rock I bought and is just recently beggining to come back- it looks like very thin layers have been placed on the edge of the good growth, with the edges peeled up (I don't know if this makes any sense, will have to borrow my dads digital camera to try to post a picture if it doesnt).
Sorry for the lengthy post, but I would appreciate any help you guys can give me. Thanks,
Scott
