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View Poll Results: Do you use DIY Live Rock? | |
Yes
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NO
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What's DIY Live Rock?
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02-05-2007, 06:53 AM
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| | Sea Dragon
Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Kalispell, MT
Posts: 533
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|  Do you use DIY Live Rock?
Just woundering how many of you guys/girls use DIY live rock? Most of my tank is DIY(only 20lbs is "real") _________ Senior Noob Setting my 75 back up soon Main SW Tank:
55gal, 70LBS of Tonga/LFSDIY, 50lbs LS, 1x250watt MH(20k), AquaC Remora Skimmer Live stock: Velvet Damsel, (12)Blue legged crab, lawnmower blenny, (1)cleaner shrimp, Yellow Tang, Featherduster CoralsRandom Zoo's(like 10), more zoo's,red mushrooms and hairy mushrooms, Sinularia | 
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02-05-2007, 07:34 AM
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| | Ritteri Anemone
Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Naperville IL Age: 29
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I use about 200lbs of live rock and am also adding 50lbs of the tufa fake rock.
About 1/2 of the tufa has changed color and is looking like the live rock but I would not do mucy more that 1/4 to 1/2 of the tufa. It is good for the base of your structure but is not as pleasing to the eyes when every rock has 1 or 2 holes (which starts to look too consistent / fake) if you have to much.
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180 Gal Reef, AquaC EV-400, 3 MH Aquamedic Oceanlight HQI's 250w 20k. Neptune AquaController III, AquaLogic Trimline Cyclone 1/3hp skimmer, 2 x hydor #4's, 2 x mj1200's modded, 40 gal fuge. | |
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02-05-2007, 04:49 PM
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| | Zoanthid
Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: ontario, canada
Posts: 1,117
Karma: 166
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I have 37-40lbs LR and I used 20lbs of tufa for base rock and it started getting coraline, critters and feather dusters within 2 months. If you place it stratigically you can't tell. _________ 20g
25lbs LR
1 hydor koralia
rio nano skimmer FISH: blk/white clown, damsel, yellow watchman goby CORAL: grn open brain, acan, torch, rics, toadstool, zoo's
INVERT:[/u] hermits, nassarius, astrea, turbo's, nerites, crocea clam
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02-05-2007, 06:38 PM
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| | Sea Dragon
Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Kalispell, MT
Posts: 533
Karma: 47
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I like my diy rock you can make it what ever shape or texture you want. | |
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02-05-2007, 07:28 PM
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| | Scooter Blennie
Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Davenport IA
Posts: 1,238
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I have around a 110# of fiji LR and about 60# of the DIY rock I made. I probably will never buy wild rock again. I real like how the DIY stuff turned out and it only took a month or two for it to look natural.
I like the fact that if you plan it out you can design rock to suit your need. Flat sides for base rock to make it stable, arches, plates, you name it. I even made one rock to the exact measurements I needed to fit a given space.
That and I don't buy for a second that all the live rock that comes in is "storm damage". Plus even if it was all naturally broke off I am sure it was a habitat for something. | |
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02-05-2007, 07:38 PM
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| | KingFish
Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Pt. Richmond, Ca. Age: 38
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Hey Covey... I don't recall ever seeing your DIY rock. Did you ever post pics of it?
I liked my DIY rock. I've said this before, but I think what made mine realistic eventually was drilling the heck out of the rock with a masonary drill bit. It lost that clumpy oatmeal look then. | |
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02-05-2007, 08:20 PM
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| | Spaghetti Worm
Join Date: Jan 2007
Posts: 176
Karma: 109
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No I bought all mine from an on-line company and only paid about 3 bucks a pound.
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90 gal 120 lbs LR | |
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02-07-2007, 07:08 PM
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| | Scooter Blennie
Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Davenport IA
Posts: 1,238
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My camera does a generally poor job of redering naturally colors with my 20K lights even though they don't look that blue to the naked eye but I will snap some pics and post some tommorrow. | |
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02-07-2007, 07:34 PM
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| | Gigas Clam
Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: New Mexico Age: 22
Posts: 895
Karma: 150
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Cool, I would love to save all that money on live rock. But ive heard that DIY rock takes longer to cure because the cement has a high ph that you have to stablize before you can use it. What do you guys think?? _________ 15 Gallon Nano, Current USA 80 watt PC Light, Pengiun HOB Refug, Pair of clowns one ocellaris and one purcula!
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02-07-2007, 07:41 PM
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| | Spanish Shawl Nudibranch
Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: SF Bay Area
Posts: 86
Karma: 4
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Anybody know anything or have opinions on the GARF aragocrete?
Some of their arches look sweet.
I am feeling extra lazy after getting my new system up but another DIY project is not in the cards right now.
But I still cant see buying all new live rock for my new tank.
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30 gal AGA with sump and refugeium.DIY stand, Hamilton 175 watt MH(10K)/2x96 watt PC, Phosphate reactor, UV, Octopus 110 Recirculating skimmer. DIY overflows. | |
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