how much live rock for coral ?

[cola]

Hi ,
i need to now how much live rock i will need for a cupple of leather coral and lights i will need for them , the tank is a standerd 4ft x 18" high x 12.5" wide.

thanks

 

[cola]

??? bump ???

 

[Yanbbrox]

Expensive, a couple of kilos of rock goes for about £30 over here, coral soo much more

 

[BobbyG123]

what is that a 45 gal??...i would do 90 lbs of live rock and about 300watts of light maybe

 

[Reefscape]

You dont actually need live rock, if you have a filter for the tank....you could make a reef stage with egg crate....just another way too do it without live rock....

 

[~ocean]

You just need as much as you want...

 

[nubz]

the light is more important

 

[~ocean]

use high voltage coral growth light...

 

[mr.reef24]

I recommend 1 to 1.5 pounds live rock per gallon or more or less depending on what you prefer.

mr.reef24

 

[cola]

thanks guys for the reply , i only want about 2ft reef part just as im stocking it with these fish , 2 x clown fish , 1 x pacific blue tang , 1 x yellow tang and i might add 4 blue damsel fish mabey not sure yet ,

also what clean up crew would u recomend , shrimp , and small crabs .

also i only want 2 peices of leather coral and some thing eles to make it look nice .

what light are we looking at here ? igess ill need a T5 or something like that .

thanks