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03-06-2008, 11:22 PM
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| | Gnarly Old Codfish
Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Silverdale, Washington Age: 58
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Whoa...
This looks like a pass to me.
You can get much better rock then this.
It is not LIVE.
Spend a little extra $ and you will be much happier. _________ AG "125," AquaC EV 180, 30 gal sump, "SCWD", 80 lbs LR, CoralSeaLife "Moonlite" Hood, PFO 250W HQI Mini-Pendant (SPS HQI 14000k bulb)
12 Gallon NanoCube - 24w stock PC 50/50 light "...nothing good ever happens fast in a reef tank, only bad things happen fast..."
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03-07-2008, 01:26 AM
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| | Corkscrew Tentacle Anemone
Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Manchester UK Age: 24
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I agree with Omard - if you want to kick start your tank, buy the real stuff. Plus i would imagine the shipping costs to get a decent amount of that stuff would be horrendous! Much cheaper to go to the lfs and buy the real thing! _________ You will never know whats in my tank as i can only type 15 words  | |
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03-07-2008, 07:23 AM
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| | Skunk Shrimp
Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Saskatoon, Sk Age: 21
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If you went with that though, you would just need to seed it with a few piece of LR. Base rock is a good and inexpensive way to get a nice set up of rock work goin but you need something to introduce the stuff that is "live".
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Fish - halloween hermits, blue leg hermits, left-handed hermits, emerald crabs, assorted snails, chocolate chip star, 3x strawberry conches, tuxedo urchin, electric flame scallop, gold stripe maroon clown, carpenter's flasher wrasse, 6line, yellow tang, yellow watchman goby, white seabae anemone.
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03-07-2008, 07:58 AM
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| | Purple Spiny Lobster
Join Date: Nov 2007
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Originally Posted by phoenixhieghts  I agree with Omard - if you want to kick start your tank, buy the real stuff. Plus i would imagine the shipping costs to get a decent amount of that stuff would be horrendous! Much cheaper to go to the lfs and buy the real thing! | I don't know where you buying your live rock or what your paying for it but in my neck of the woods if you were to buy 70 lbs of live rock it would cost you
at the very least round about 350 bucks or $5 a LB. and that a conservative price I have seen it for 11.95 a LB. but i don't go there anymore!
If they were to buy 70 LBS of this rock even with shipping it would cost $1.78 a LB, no matter how you look at it that's one heck of a savings. Plus the extra added benefit of not getting a crap load of hitchhikers and algae that you don't want.
Me myself, I would buy 70 lbs and then pick up some live rock from elsewhere and use both cost one heck of allot less and it wold work just as well, just my opinion....
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03-07-2008, 10:04 AM
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| | Astrea Snail
Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Seattle
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Originally Posted by omard Whoa...
This looks like a pass to me.
You can get much better rock then this.
It is not LIVE.
Spend a little extra $ and you will be much happier. |
Sorry, I should have been more clear. I was wondering if anyone had used this as base rock. I would likely seed it with some LR from the LFS. After reading Matt's article on sustainable reef keeping I'm not especially excited about filling my tank with 70 pounds of rock that were originally part of a wild reef ecosystem, but I don't know if I have the time for DIY rock. I'll probably end up going with a mix of LR and base rock from the LFS.
Anyone out there ever use this stuff in their tanks? | |
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03-07-2008, 06:43 PM
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| | Feather Duster
Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Monmouth County, New Jersey Age: 50
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Here is another place for dry base rock. Bulk Reef Supply - Bulk Reef Supply
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SETUP-3Reef shirt&bumper sticker,90gal Tank, 250 watt Heater, . 40lbs live sand , 40lbs L/R - 4x65watt PC , Mag12 return pump, 30 gal sump/fuge
FISH-1 Blue Throat Trigger,1 Yellow Watchman, 2 Green Chromis,1 Maroon clown,1 squirrel fish,Lawnmower Blenny
CORAL--Purple Zoanths, Stoney Atlantic Coral, Toadstool , Finger leather, Trumpet,Star polyps
INVERTS-1 Skunk cleaner shrimp,3 Feather Dusters,1 bristle star, 2sand stars, 30 mixed snails, 15 blue leg hermits,4Emerald crabs,2 Tuxedo urchins | |
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03-11-2008, 01:05 PM
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| | Skunk Shrimp
Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Saskatoon, Sk Age: 21
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Also, don't know if you've heard of it.. it's called "Texas Holey Rock" .. looks great too! Texas Holey Rock | |
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03-11-2008, 01:07 PM
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| | Astrea Snail
Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Seattle
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Thanks guys, I ended up finding a great deal on craigslist from a fellow who was taking his tank down, 60 pounds of fully cured live rock for $2/lbs. Waaaayyyy better deal than the $8/lbs the lfs was charging. | |
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03-11-2008, 01:46 PM
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| | Gnarly Old Codfish
Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Silverdale, Washington Age: 58
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Originally Posted by Calawah Thanks guys, I ended up finding a great deal on craigslist from a fellow who was taking his tank down, 60 pounds of fully cured live rock for $2/lbs. Waaaayyyy better deal than the $8/lbs the lfs was charging. |
GOOD FIND!!!
Killer deal.
Hope is good looking stuff...
Don't assume "fully cured" after shipping.
Will go thru a mini cycle regardless.
Keep us posted.
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