will 123 pounds of live rock support my tank

[Anthony.Luciano710]

i just finished cycling a 125 gallon soon to be reef tank with a wet dry filter. now and 63 pounds of live rock. now i hear that a wet dry is bad for a reef tank so before i get fish i would like to just completely get rid of the bio balls and recycle it. i am picking up about 60 pound of live rock tomorrow so there will be about 123 pounds total but thats already pushing it because the 63 pounds in their almost covers the whole 6 foot long wall. will 123 pounds support the tank.i also have a small hang on back refugium with macroalgae

 

[THEDLO]

what do u mean? i have about 120 in my tank, but thats between my fuge and DT. if u have a good filtration system (skimmer etc.) u dont need a tun of rock.

 

[Anthony.Luciano710]

well what i mean by supporting the tank is that will that amount of live rock be enough to have all the necessary bacteria to go through the nitrogen cycle and will it make up for the wet dry. i also have a odyssea protein skimmer rated or 160 gallons

 

[THEDLO]

now that i couldnt tell u. i started with 20lbs of live, and 50lbs of dead rock, and later i added the rest (6 months later to be exact)

 

[ming]

well what i mean by supporting the tank is that will that amount of live rock be enough to have all the necessary bacteria to go through the nitrogen cycle and will it make up for the wet dry. i also have a odyssea protein skimmer rated or 160 gallons

Any amount of rock will go through the nitrogen cycle. The more rock (this includes sand) you have, the more bioload it can support to quickly turn that ammonia into nitrates. Although your skimmer is extremely inefficient, your tank will likely build up with nutrients unless you do large water changes if you have a lot of fish. With a better skimmer, the nutrient buildup will be slower. The mfg was extremely generous in that rating.

 

[jaa1456]

Rule of thumb is at least 1lb of rock per gallon of water. That is the "minimum" I have about 80lbs in my 65