"living rock"

[Danya]

i've seen what is called living rock submersed in a tub which is
generally used for an outdoor pond at the LFS. what exactly is this
living rock? does it grow plants or what? i just tried searching it
on google and all i got was religious web sites and stuff like that

[John Owens]

I'm not familiar with the "pond" context but "live rock" is used in salt
tanks to provide the natural "biofiltration" and other little critters to
the tank to begin the cycling process. You can use it to build your "reef"
as landscaping. I'm assuming it would have similar properties in a pond
context, it's meant to jump start the cycling process.


"Danya" > wrote in message
om...
> i've seen what is called living rock submersed in a tub which is
> generally used for an outdoor pond at the LFS. what exactly is this
> living rock? does it grow plants or what? i just tried searching it
> on google and all i got was religious web sites and stuff like that

[Justin Boucher]

The term is usually called Live Rock (LR) and is a very real part to any
marine (sal****er) system. I have not heard of the use of LR for freshwater
applications but do know that marine LR would die, contaminate and alter the
pH values if used in a freshwater system. Perhaps the freshwater version of
LR is just to mean porous rock with benefitial freshwater plants attached
and growing. If that is the case, then it may be something to look into.

Justin

"Danya" > wrote in message
om...
> i've seen what is called living rock submersed in a tub which is
> generally used for an outdoor pond at the LFS. what exactly is this
> living rock? does it grow plants or what? i just tried searching it
> on google and all i got was religious web sites and stuff like that

[Danya]

"Justin Boucher" > wrote in message news:<mDbXc.129$Jj1.96@trnddc01>...
> The term is usually called Live Rock (LR) and is a very real part to any
> marine (sal****er) system. I have not heard of the use of LR for freshwater
> applications but do know that marine LR would die, contaminate and alter the
> pH values if used in a freshwater system. Perhaps the freshwater version of
> LR is just to mean porous rock with benefitial freshwater plants attached
> and growing. If that is the case, then it may be something to look into.
>
> Justin

oh, that's right, it was called "live rock". i was just curious as to
what it was. they just have it sitting in a tub of water all by
itself with nothing saying what it's for. but i guess if you need it,
then you would know what it was and what it was for!