Making Live Rock?

If you put ordinary rocks in your tank with LR, I assume that eventually
they will be populated by the LR flora/fauna. What types of rock are best
suited for this?

Thanks,
Mark

"Mark Cooper" wrote in message
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| If you put ordinary rocks in your tank with LR, I assume that
eventually
| they will be populated by the LR flora/fauna. What types of rock
are best
| suited for this?
|

Correct. The recommended procedure is to use "dead" rock in the tank
first, then place actual Live Rock on top. Eventually the flora\fauna
will inhabit the "dead rock" as well.

As far as what to use? Calciferous, porous rock, commonly available
as "base rock". Also, take a look around www.garf.org
They, and others, have some good info on making your own "dead" rock
out of various commonly available substances. Takes some work and
'handyness' but from the reports I've seen there and on other forums,
it works great, and is a hellova lot cheaper.

The Garf.org recipe is quite inexpensive. The only thing I don't like about
the garf recipe is that it's all up to the skill of the maker to create a
"natural" design. If you're not such an artistic person there are companies
that sell bulk base rock.


"Billy" wrote in message
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"Mark Cooper" wrote in message
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| If you put ordinary rocks in your tank with LR, I assume that
eventually
| they will be populated by the LR flora/fauna. What types of rock
are best
| suited for this?
|

Correct. The recommended procedure is to use "dead" rock in the tank
first, then place actual Live Rock on top. Eventually the flora\fauna
will inhabit the "dead rock" as well.

As far as what to use? Calciferous, porous rock, commonly available
as "base rock". Also, take a look around www.garf.org
They, and others, have some good info on making your own "dead" rock
out of various commonly available substances. Takes some work and
'handyness' but from the reports I've seen there and on other forums,
it works great, and is a hellova lot cheaper.

What can I add to my tank to help my LR thrive and really grow?

"Peter Pan" wrote in message
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| What can I add to my tank to help my LR thrive and really grow?
|
A large bottle of Patience? Good light, clean water, keep calcium
around 450, provide trace elements and minerals, either through water
changes or over-the-counter additives......

billy

You do not need to be creative to have good rock. You simply need to make
your rock with alot of crevises / holes for critter / bacteria to hide /
live.

You can try making rock shape out from a car tire by filling the inside of
the tire. Use large spigitti tube to produce porus / meatus rock. Break in
half to become two porus / meatus arch rock.

CapFusion,...


"Dr4g0nf1y" wrote in message
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The Garf.org recipe is quite inexpensive. The only thing I don't like
about the garf recipe is that it's all up to the skill of the maker to
create a "natural" design. If you're not such an artistic person there
are companies that sell bulk base rock.


"Billy" wrote in message
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"Mark Cooper" wrote in message
.. .
| If you put ordinary rocks in your tank with LR, I assume that
eventually
| they will be populated by the LR flora/fauna. What types of rock
are best
| suited for this?
|

Correct. The recommended procedure is to use "dead" rock in the tank
first, then place actual Live Rock on top. Eventually the flora\fauna
will inhabit the "dead rock" as well.

As far as what to use? Calciferous, porous rock, commonly available
as "base rock". Also, take a look around www.garf.org
They, and others, have some good info on making your own "dead" rock
out of various commonly available substances. Takes some work and
'handyness' but from the reports I've seen there and on other forums,
it works great, and is a hellova lot cheaper.