Newbie to the saltwater world

[BruceJr]

Hello everyone. I am in the process of buying a tank right now. I am buying a 90 gal tank with everything included except for the water and fish. I have a brother-in-law who has a tank and is helping me thru the process but love the idea of meething people on here that can help me out as well.

 

[little_fish]

Hello and Welcome!

 

[ErinCahir]

Hello and welcome to the site!

 

[BL1]

Welcome to the site!

 

[BruceJr]

Thanks. I have been checking around and I cant find a thread to answer a question. I may have read over it and missed it. But, I am buying about 200 lbs of dry rock with my 90 gallon tank. I know its gonna be quite a process to make this rock live again. I am told that I need to put the rock in my tank with just enough saltwater to cover the rocks and put my wavemakers in it. And I just let it sit, possibly a 2 month process. But do I have to put a brand new piece of live rock in the tank so that the live organisims will leach out and onto the dead ones??

 

[valasaraptor]

yes the base rock will need to be seeded to start becoming live.

 

[Smitty]

Hello and welcome to the site...glad to have you aboard.

 

[BruceJr]

Thanks

 

[moncapitane]

Welcome.

 

[315hottuna61]

howdy, welcome to this awesome site. Invest in some live rock- you will need it

 

[Amba]

Welcome to the site!

 

[Waddi]

Welcome to the Reef!!

 

[JustinsReefTank]

Welcome aboard.

 

[Northstar24]

While you could get away with a single piece of live rock to seed your tank, I would recommend a mix of live and dry rock. I started with 1 lb of live rock for every 10 lbs of dry rock, and my cycle was pretty quick

Welcome to the site

 

[marcah]

howdy and welcome to the site..:D