JimM

In the past i just mixed them in the main tank since i didnt run a refugium. In the process of of doing it on my 180 now i put all the dry rock and sand in the main tank and have some cycled lr that im putting in the 40g breeder fug and just going to let it transfer over. Dont think there is any way to hurry the process on this just takes time. If your adding dry rock to a existing tank id put it in a tub with a few pieces of the live you have and let it cycles before adding toi the tank

Something to consider about seeding base / dry rock with live rock. It takes a long time for it to seed. We had a club member that was constantly adding fish to his tank, and he told us how much rock he had. It turns out it was 90% baserock, with 10 lbs of live rock. His nitrates were sky high. He ended up selling and giving away two-thirds of his fish, got some live rock in the system and got his numbers under control.

It can take nine months or longer to get dry rock or base rock seeded, depending on how much LR you even use. The key is going slow and gently adding livestock to keep the bioload low since the system can't handle a heavy bioload with so little live rock.

Hey all,
Took this advice and we now have about 100# of LR in the display tank and just a few fragments in the fuge. We are still short about 30-40# of rock to get the display to the desired scape. May we now simply add dry rock such as Marco or another to the display?
Thanks in advance,
Jim