marco rocks order

[fox2589]

ok i ordered 40 pounds sand and 40 pounds of rock from marco rocks..they were supposed to get here today..the sand arrived..but the rock was not with it???is this normal and should i just expect the rock later on today or what?lol i was sooo excited and then bummed to only see sand LOL..let me know if this as happened to you guys..-drew

[Loverotties]

Dry sand?I hope.

[fox2589]

lol yes dry...tank wont be set up for a couple weeks!-drew

[fox2589]

well marco rocks just arrived!!!ill post pics in a few!-drew

[fox2589]

this rock is awesome!!..very porous and definately worth the whole probably 80 bucks i spent on it!!pics in a sec-drew

[fox2589]

ok all of my pictures exceed forum quota big time..if anyone wants to see the rocks just shoot me an email at worldind70@yahoo.com and ill send ya a bunch of them..-drew

[Reeftanker3295]

lemme see lemme see!

[Staplesofficewar]

Email sent!

[fox2589]

replied let me know what ya think!-drew

[fox2589]

speaking of this do you guys think i should do a muriatic acid bath with this batch before i peg them together and scape?dont feel like cooking it but i would like to do something to cut down on phosphates later on..let me know-drew

[fihsboy]

I put it straight in my tank....I bought the 50lb box.......its got algae on it now.....but its slowly going away and starting to take on corals and corraline. I dont think theres really any phosphates in it......its completly dead..........I just rinsed mine off....threw it in and the fish love it and the corals are taking on nicely....up to you though.

[fox2589]

im thinking ill just rinse it off with a power washer or something...-drew

[Salty O'Shen]

i just rinsed mine off with water from the display in a bucket, then into the tank...however i was starting from scratch on the build. i didn't have any livestock in the tank. i did get a LOT of dust rinsed off them though.

[fox2589]

i will also be starting from scratch..i will be waiting about a month with no livestock in tank..i will do that!-drew

[fihsboy]

I had live stock.....they did fine. Three fish.......no signs of stress at all. They eat a lot.....swim a lot...Just switched everything over. My sps were fine....I lost a birdsnest.....but it was already really really sick from me dosing a shot of vodka in my 29. (not a good idea by the way)