bace Posted November 24, 2010 Share Posted November 24, 2010 I'm just curious for a rough estimation oh how long it takes dry rock to become live rock? I got 35lbs of dry rock and put a lot of it in my 55g tank. I've also got a 45g tank that I'll be setting up in a couple months. I intend to take a lot of the dry rock I put into the 55 and move it over into the 45. I'm going to be building a new stand and canopy for the 45 and am going to save for a t5 kit to put into said canopy so this may take me a couple months to do meanwhile, the dry rock will be in my 55 in an attempt to make it at least a little live. sorry for the rambling question heh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharoleb Posted November 24, 2010 Share Posted November 24, 2010 My personal experience - I am no expert: I put 60 pounds of dry rock in my 75 about 8 weeks ago. Right now it's colored up nicely, a far cry from the bleached white look when I put it in. Corraline is growing slowly now, and I can see pods, feather dusters and misc creatures in it. I guess it's officially live. Just keep a good amount of regular ol' live rock in with it, and it should be good to go in no time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finch6013 Posted November 24, 2010 Share Posted November 24, 2010 I used about half and half dry rock and live rock. After about two months the dry rock was getting coralline and other things growing on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bace Posted November 25, 2010 Author Share Posted November 25, 2010 alright cool sounds as if my plan will work nicely then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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