[karimwassef]

I started with artificial rock and then seeded with a few pieces of real live rock. My artificial rock probably leached enough phosphate for me to react with aggressive phosphate mitigation and that's when the dinos took over.

If I were to do it again, I'd let the fake rock cure in a kalkwasser dosed system with no macro life, direct sunlight, Lanthanum and a variety of natural live rock.

After a few months, I think it would be ready to host a reef tank.