Live Rock?

[jim566]

could this be kept on its own? as i've read so many instances of people finding new things growing on or moving out of it. Or is it just a case of being lucky with what comes attached to it?

btw if i should decide to ever get a nano going it would be approx 54l or 14 usg and situated in a workplace so 1 thing arises from this, would strong office lighting (not much natural light) normally on 14 ish hours a day affect the water in any way?

 

[l337dave]

could this be kept on its own? as i've read so many instances of people finding new things growing on or moving out of it. Or is it just a case of being lucky with what comes attached to it?

btw if i should decide to ever get a nano going it would be approx 54l or 14 usg and situated in a workplace so 1 thing arises from this, would strong office lighting (not much natural light) normally on 14 ish hours a day affect the water in any way?

yeah I'm sure you could keep it on it's own - I did for about a month! lots of wierd things grow out of/crawl around it.

I think it would be a great way to start, you would just need a heater and a couple of powerheads, and you could have your own little piece of the sea.

the only trouble I can see is the build up of algea or diatoms that you may get on the glass/sand with nothing much to eat them the tank could look quite messy after a while.

if you had the room or inclination you could get a small external filter remove all the sponges etc and have it run some phosphate remover (to help stop the algea from growing) and some carbon (to make the water clearer) you could add a couple of crabs and snails to the tank too if you wanted they are very low mantainance, then if you got more into things you could start adding shrimps and maybe end up with a clown or two in there.

should be fun!

I know that some kinds of light can make algea grow better than others, I don't really know what kind they are tho sorry, I don't think it will be a problem if you are running the phosphate remover, My tank gets lots of sunlight and has never had an algea problem.

thanks,


dave.

 

[SkiFletch]

Yeah you can keep LR by itself for a long time. Might want to add a couple snails in there to eat the diatoms that will form, but it'll do just fine

 

[steelhealr]

I agree with ski, however, the biologic filter DOES need something to keep the bacteria alive. If you have snails in there, and, diatoms form, the wasted by the snails would be enough to keep the filter going, but, if you suddenly added a large bioload, say, like 3 fish, the filter could be overwhelmed until it 'caught up'. Just some thoughts. SH