"live" rock
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Topic: "live" rock
Posted By: CrimsRayne
Subject: "live" rock
Date Posted: October 31 2007 at 5:30pm
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how does everyone take utah rock or dead rock and make it "live" rock?
Is there a way to get things to grow on it better or faster? (like little feather dusters and sponges and coralline)
Thanks for any input ------------- "What we know from this hobby is too hard to share with the people who just want to look and not get wet." -Rioreefer "The Puffer Girl" Zoo freak :) West Jordan |
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Posted By: superman1981
Date Posted: October 31 2007 at 5:45pm
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Well if you can get some that is seeded (like it's been in a sump for a while) it will take off just like normal live rock, at least in my experience. If you don't have this luxury, just toss it in your main tank (thoroughly washed of course) and after oh a few months you won't notice a difference between it and "real" LR. I honestly can't tell the difference between my Utah Rock and my LR. They look exactly the same to me. ------------- Sure you are, you are Crappy Reef Club Member #1 -Chk4tix 6 gal nanocube 65 gal http://www.utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=78639&title=tims-65-gallon-build" rel="nofollow - build thread |
Posted By: pa_reptileman_4
Date Posted: October 31 2007 at 8:45pm
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my tank is mixed i took around 80 lbs of lr and then got some 40lbs or so of dead ut rock. i put them in my tank and i can't tell the difference now, they both have lots of life after only 2 or 3 months running. ------------- pitiful guppy tank. shane |
Posted By: BobC63
Date Posted: November 01 2007 at 5:51pm
1) Buy maybe 5 lbs of 'good' LR from a LFS and add that to your pile of Utah Rock / "dead rock"
2) Wait 3 - 6 months
3) All your rock is now 'good' LR
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 ------------- - My Current Tank: 50g Starfire Cube Reef * Marine & Reef tanks since 1977 * |
CrimsRayne wrote:Posted By: LordMaximo
Date Posted: November 29 2007 at 10:14am
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Hey cool post guys, thanks, I was wondering the same for myself.
My 7 year old boy wants me to get him a Manderine, so now I need to get a tank going with life to introduce the bugger to, this makes it a whole lot quicker to farm before the little prince.
Maximo
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