dry live rock

[mm16]

I'm.setting up my new 285 gallon tank, and I have a lot of dry rock. Out of the 300+ lbs of rock I will have is there a percentage that should be live compared to dry.
thanks

 

[reefnoob]

There isn't a percentage that has to be. It's just that the ore live rock it is, the faster it will be to make the rest of the rock live

 

[Ted]

+1 on that

 

[chichimom79]

If it were me, I would go 40% LR at least. It would take a long time to cycle that large of a tank without enough LR.

 

[mm16]

Right now I have about 150 lbs of live rock and I was going to get another 50 to 75 lb and the rest be dry.

 

[kbuser92]

Id say with 150 lbs youre good, but like they said, the more the better (and faster). Youll probably want 450 lbs of total rock at the least anyways.

 

[Ted]

With 150 lbs already you are good, just add dry now. It doesnt take long for dry to become live.

 

[sen5241b]

You may know this but many beginners take the rock out of water for too long and much of the life on the rock dies and cause a cycle. Never take LR out of the water for long.

 

[Patrick727]

150 lbs is plenty of live your good to go now with just dry rock and cycle the tank besides the fact that it is way cheaper to buy