You can always buy a smaller amount of live rock and use lots of dry base
rock or tufa to make up the difference. It will become live rock over time.


"Ed" wrote in message
om...
Ok i am just getting started , i have a 75 gallon tank , i was told
that i need to purchase at least that amount of live rock according to
a chain pet store in our community . I was kinda put off by this , so
got the opinion from another store , and not a chain store . To which
they replied with a lil chuckle , and said no not really , but i do
need live in my aquarium . I was also told that i could start off with
molly's . Now unfortunately its too late for me to change over .
What i am asking since i seem to be getting conflicting advise is
to see if anyone with actual experience with this . Could tell me and
give me more advice on this subject . I also have conflicting advice
about using a under-gravel filter along with my fluval canister filter
that i am using now . One person said yeah its the way to go another
said its a ticking time bomb and would end up being more of a problem
then anything .


Thanx in advance
Ed