Alternatives to live rock

[tylerczubachowski]

hi guys! I’m really starting to dislike live rock taken straight from the ocean due to the problems I am having with it. (Harmful plants and worms that I have found and unknown stuff I still find). I just want to have a safe alternative to this and more environmentally friendly. I was reading into caribsea life rock and wondering if anyone has had it? Also can I make my own live rock? If you use an alternative to live rock, what do you use?

 

[Jedi1199]

Dry rock will eventually become "live". It just takes time. Using live rock makes things go faster, but as you said, the risk of unwanted hitchhikers makes this a less desirable option IMO.

 

[CMMorgan]

I have some of the Caribsea shaped rock. It has seeded just fine. I've been using that and some real rock from another source for years.

 

[xxkenny90xx]

Yes, you can make your own live rock. You can get a totally unique aquascape this way. I'll try to find a link with instructions

 

[xxkenny90xx]

Build your own rock for practically free

Make your own rock When the hobby started there was no live rock for sale, as a matter of fact, there wasn’t even dead rock for sale. We used dead, white bleached pieces of coral to decorate our tanks and we bought that in a furniture store...

www.reef2reef.com