My tank w/o live rocks now....

[braincoral]

After a major disaster with AEFW..

I disposed off all my rocks. ..

My tank is basically bare..only livestocks..

Anyone having a tank w/o liverocks..

Think the pro is easy to clean the tank in and out. .

Cons.. ??

[Kelvin81]

Where to house those beneficial bacteria?

[kenyee]

Tank w/o LR will b like tanks with fishes for sale in LFS.. Look wise depend on individual..

indeed of disposing the LR, why not cure them..

btw, what is AEFW?..

beneficial bacteria will also be missing.. got to change water very frequently depend on ur bio-load..

[kanegan]

Your tank is now no different from un-cycled tank....

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[rudy17]

con is you cant keep fishes that need a hiding place.. i.e some wrasse, gobies, blennies...

IMO i dont think it is a need to have LR to house your beneficial bacteria and neither does it become uncycled. i'm sure you have your sump with bioballs/ ceramic rings/ biological filter that houses the necessary bacteria.

Bro Kenyee, AEFW = Acropora Eating Flatworms.. &^#@%!^# pests among SPS

[spgohjc]

Bro braincoral,

So I guess the rest of the SPS also gone despite your good efforts in trying to save the last pieces?

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[kenyee]

con is you cant keep fishes that need a hiding place.. i.e some wrasse, gobies, blennies...

IMO i dont think it is a need to have LR to house your beneficial bacteria and neither does it become uncycled. i'm sure you have your sump with bioballs/ ceramic rings/ biological filter that houses the necessary bacteria.

Bro Kenyee, AEFW = Acropora Eating Flatworms.. &^#@%!^# pests among SPS

thanks bro for the explanation..

for a empty tank, must watch what fish to keep also..cannot anyhow put..some will chase n stress the weaker fish and will eventually rip..

[Admiraltian]

It's like a qt tank now. Bacteria can also live in your water column. Regular WC & replenish of bacteria thru dosing of liquid bacteria will helps to keep ur tank clean.

[braincoral]

hi

bro spgohjc

those rest of the sps are doing well now...

sibi heng..

[spgohjc]

hi

bro spgohjc

those rest of the sps are doing well now...

sibi heng..

Glad to hear that. Those pests are a real nuisance.

[Firestarter]

Hi braincoral, it is possible to keep SPS without LR at all.

You can refer to this thread, this reefer is keeping SPS without LR. Hope this will inspire you like I did.

You really have to take a look.

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1920386

[braincoral]

thanks for the link on the sps thread...

its really very easy to clean the tank and siphon those debris without liverocks..

[reefer6]

Think the live rocks will benefit the system.

[Fukcable Fcuker]

Buy a good filter