Pukani Live Rock

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  1. SkyFire

    SkyFire Clown Trigger

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    Anyone ever heard of Pukani LR? The LFS guy said it's lighter than regular live rock. I'm thinking lighter may mean more porus wich means more surface area for the good things to grow.

    What do you think.
     
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  2. Triggerfish

    Triggerfish Ritteri Anemone

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  3. sollie7

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    thats what i was thinking maybee he just got a bunch of that and aquacultured it into live

    it is very light but I prefer the look of reefcleaners rock.
     
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  4. SkyFire

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    Is there advantage/disadvantages to aquacultured rock?
     
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  5. sollie7

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    from my understanding its basically the same thing, what they do is order a bunch of rock and rent an area of ocean floor and dump the dry rock and leave it for a while and all the bacteria and lil critters and stuff make the rock live


    heres a good video explaining it:

    Live Rock - Tampa Bay Saltwater Aquacultured Live Rock - Aquaculturing Process
     
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  6. Triggerfish

    Triggerfish Ritteri Anemone

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    advantage: it may be free of nuisance pests, better for the environment(?).
    disadvantage: might not have as much diversity of living creatures as live rock that is collected from the ocean.
     
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  7. SkyFire

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    Thanks you Triggerfish and Sollie7 great info K+ to you both maybe will get a mix of the 2 if I like the looks that is.
     
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  8. Matt Rogers

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    Interesting... sounds good. I wouldn't mind some of that. Sold out at BRS though. :p
     
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  9. Triggerfish

    Triggerfish Ritteri Anemone

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    I've been planning on getting some pukani dry rock too.
     
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  10. Matt Rogers

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    Any place have some in stock?
     
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