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02-07-2008, 01:37 PM
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| Plankton Join Date: Jan 2008
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  |  what kind of live rock is thi Hello, I have a ?. I wanted to know what kind of l/r this is cause a buddy gave them to me but he doesn't know what kind they are any help would be great (rock in the middle   |
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02-07-2008, 02:00 PM
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| Giant Squid  Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: TN Age: 33
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   | Looks like fiji branch, but hard to tell from the pics to get an idea of the size. _________ [CENTER]Renaming Our Corals "Believe those who are seeking the truth; doubt those who find it." Andre Gide |
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02-07-2008, 02:25 PM
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| Peppermint Shrimp  Join Date: Aug 2007
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| It might be Marshall, but I'm not a LR ID expert. Hopefully the reef gurus on this site will be able to tell you. _________ 55gal,216 watt Tek T5, 45#LR, 45#LS, 3 maxi-jet 900's on a natural wavemaker timer,phosban reactor, 5 gal fuge (built out of standard 10 gallon tank) with chaeto and feather caulerpa, sealife systems protein skimmer, wet/dry, 3 blue/green chromi, 1 skunk cleaner shrimp, 1 coral beauty,1 scopas tang, 2 false percs, 5 mexican turbo snails, assorted dwarf blue leg hermits, astrea snails, and nerite snails |
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02-07-2008, 02:50 PM
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| Gnarly Old Codfish  Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Silverdale, Washington Age: 60
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  | Don't know what kind...but sure is pretty! _________ 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..." - MIKE PALLETTA - (2008 Reef log) ("OmarD"/"Scott") |
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02-07-2008, 02:57 PM
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| Stylophora  Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Groningen, The Netherlands Age: 27
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 | Geologically speaking it's a tuffa coral rock. May leak silicates and phosphates. |
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02-07-2008, 03:13 PM
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| Coral Banded Shrimp  Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Dayton, Ohio Age: 47
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  | Definitely branch. Great looking but I found it a bit tough to build with. _________ 180 Gallon Reef, 150 lbs of LR and 4" LS. 4-175w 10k MH. 8-110 W actinic VHO, 2 Wave2K, LifeReef Skimmer . A 90 gal sump, Top-Off. 2Mag 9.5 return, Life Reef CR LCR-1. 1 Cin Clown, Bub coral, Xenia, Purp Tang, Yellow Tang, Pogoda, 4 Gobies, Niger Trigger, Angel, Brittle Star |
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02-07-2008, 04:45 PM
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| Giant Squid Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: TN Age: 33
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| Ive never seen branching tufa before. Tufa is calcium carbonate deposits from dried up oceans millions of years ago. Frequently mined and used in aquariums. Feller Stone being one of the biggest sellers for the aquarium trade. Its also used in rebuilding coral reefs and also used in "Farmed" liverock which is then sold as liverock. on a side note, if you wanna buy good base rock, go to a landscaping place that sales stone, ask them if they can get you tufa rock. Most places can get if they don't carry it, its typically $0.25lb. Back when I use to farm liverock, I saw where a place in Tampa Bay was using it, and I started using it too. I use to keep all the LFS's stocked with farmed liverock. Thinking about farming some again. |
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02-07-2008, 04:51 PM
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| Giant Squid Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: TN Age: 33
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| Quote:
are you refering to Tuff rock aka Tufo? Thats rock we do not want in our tanks. Thats formed from volcano's and comes with lots of lovely things we do not want in our aquariums. (my brother is a geologist  ) | |
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02-07-2008, 09:38 PM
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| Fire Goby  Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: valencia,pa. Age: 36
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| tuffa is just limestone perfectly safe.volcanos produce lava rock which is red and usually has harmful toxins that i can say from experience can kill all your fish in a cpl months.learned from my 29 gallon tradgedy.sorry i can't name that rock for sure,maybe fiji but it does'nr really matter.live rock is liverock accept for a different shade of coraline or different shape.the more pores the better.thats a nice friend to have _________ 55 gallon reef with 4x54 watt t5,29 gallon sump,red lobo,2 toadstools 1purple and 1neon,gsp,xenia and yellow xenia,mushrooms,lavendar frilly shrooms,cabbage coral,yellow polyps,many zoos, orange and one neon green nepthia,duncans.mandarin goby |
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02-07-2008, 09:40 PM
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| Fu Manchu Lion Fish  Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Columbus, Indiana Age: 25
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 | I don't know anything about anything but it looks just like some fiji that I bought for my tank. that would be my best guess. _________ 55 gallon reef aquarium, Tetratec PF500 filter, 2 110 watt URI Super Actinic VHO actinics, 2 250 watt metal halides, Reef Optix 2 reflectors, Blue Wave 3 ballast, AquaC Remora skimmer Born 1/3/08 My Tank Thread My Tank Video My 2nd Tank Video http://i272.photobucket.com/albums/j...Bmshehan29.jpg |
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