Artificial Rocks

[stokey_matt]

does the amount of artificial rocks in an aquarium hav any effect on a marine aquarium...my tank is not the biggest but have a lot of rocks to play with.

 

[Harry1996]

there fine in the tank but why would u want them in there?

 

[seffieuk]

Yes, is the short answer.

If you are using live rock as your filter you obviously need a enough to do the job and you would think having loads would be good, but it isn't, it creates dead zones in your tank which create all sorts of problems So the rule with live rock is work out how much you need using the calculator or asking on here and get approx that amount, a bit over is fine but a lot over is not

If you are thinking of using artificial rock in your tank without using any live rock for filtration you will need to have an external to do the job but you must still consider that it is possible to have too much and create those dead zones.

If you are considering mixing in a tank your size, then really imho you shouldn't you can have a nice little tank with natural and good filtration for barely anything, why would you want to spoil the tank with artifical rock? In a large tank then I can understand the thinking


Seffie x

 

[Harry1996]

how many litres is your tank? for the amount of live rock u need its about 1KG per 10L

edit: your tank is about 65L so i would get 7KG to start with and see how it looks and add more if need be.

 

[stokey_matt]

to be fair the artificial rock is only untill i get some coral and live rock...working away for a while soon so was just temporary but have just been told that im off 2moro so i can go 2 the shop what shud i buy to begin with?