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maroun.c
, 07-20-2011 at 07:33 AM (1796 Views)
Back to some tank updates.
Been struggling for weeks with choice of scape esepecially after I saw the amount of detritus that went out of my rocks in teh 150 while taking the corals out despite having a strong flow...
So the decision was taken to go with Ceramics. Had the chance that a fellow reefer here was also going with Ceramics which made ordering much easier.
We dealt with a company in Germany and their customer service in making multiple different scapes for our tanks based on our tank dimensions and requests was very helpful...
Got the following suggestions:



Then the fear from a longer cycle and going through all the alga outbreaks again hit, so I finally decided to just go with the left island from below scape with Cermaics as it'll be the largest one so needing the most stacking of LR to accomplish the look. Notice hopw open the rock is from teh inside and that it only has few support points and is mostly above sand level. the middle and right side islands will be made using LR from teh 150G tank which is close to 12-13 years old.


Any suggestions on how to cure those? I'm plannign on having them in saltwater for 1-2 weeks with a PO4 reactor then a few water changes with water from my tank?

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  1. matt_longview's Avatar
    I love the ceramics rockwork! I'm considering using them for a 12" cube for my office. :-)

    I would cure them for much longer. At least 6 weeks or so. If the rest of the rock is from an already established system, you should be alright though. Especially since it's dry going in.
  2. Midnight's Avatar
    is the ceramic glazed?
  3. melev's Avatar
    I do think soaking them in some kind of water would be wise. Freshwater or saltwater, or both. So zero-live rock in your new system? Not a big fan of that plan.
  4. maroun.c's Avatar
    Thanks for the replies.
    will only have the left island made of ceramics and all the rest will be 12 years old LR from my current system as well as some LR in the sump. Plan is to cure the Ceramics as it does leach some phosphates initially maybe in a container outside the tank, was thinking a couple of weeks but as matt suggested Ic an go for 6 weeks. and then when it's "clean" seed it from LR and Live sand.
    Would that be fine?
  5. melev's Avatar
    Yes, that sounds fine. While it is curing, cover it up so nuisance algae doesn't take hold. It can cure in shaded water.
  6. maroun.c's Avatar
    Will do that.
  7. maroun.c's Avatar
    Ceramics finally received from Riff system
    Was shocked with the size of the pallet they shipped in.

    The barrel on the right side is my water mixing tank which contains around 300 G should be using it for filling up RODI water and saltmixing before pumping the water to the tank.

    Packing was professionaly done

    however the bridge arrived broken and had 3-4 small broken pieces of the ceramics. Not a big deal as they did send us some ceramic epoxy to fix the rocks on each other and they assisted me in finding out which piece goes where so should be fixing those in the comingdays. I'm amazed with the texture of the ceramics and how light and porous it is. So overall a very good product and an amazing customer service.
  8. melev's Avatar
    Looking forward to seeing these in your tank, covered in corals.