To much live rock?

[Butter73]

Can a person have to much live rock in a tank? I have a 55 gal with about 130 lbs of rock it looks awsome but is it to much.

 

[VLDesign]

As long as you have enough room to keep whatever you want to in there happy and healthy then it's never too much.

 

[Reefscape]

Yes, i would say you can have too much live rock..

1) it limits water volume
2) limits swimming room for fish..
3) inhibits flow as the water is not able to circulate the rock work as good as it would be able to compared to a tank that has less..

All you need to achieve good filtration for a tank that uses the rock as the filter is 1 - 1.5lbs per gallon of tank water in my opinion.

Niko

 

[water_baby83]

Yes, i would say you can have too much live rock..

1) it limits water volume
2) limits swimming room for fish..
3) inhibits flow as the water is not able to circulate the rock work as good as it would be able to compared to a tank that has less..

All you need to achieve good filtration for a tank that uses the rock as the filter is 1 - 1.5lbs per gallon of tank water in my opinion.

Niko

Agreed. You can go above the 1-1.5 lbs/gal ratio, as some rocks may be dense, but not as large, however, ultimately, you need to be conscious of not only the lbs in your tank, but also of the animals you wish to house, supplemental saturation, surface space, and circulation.