Dry Rock or Live Rock?

zoomonster · Jun 27, 2023

Snoopdog said:
Anyone gotten any lately, I am absolutely interested if anyone can vouch for how live the rock is, and how porous. Looking at the video on that site, I just see less life on the Walt Smith rock compared to KP aquatics, but it is hard to tell honestly.

I can't say as I have never bought farmed just natural from the ocean. What I can say is a box is 45 pounds so I'm thinking it's pretty dense. It might be Fiji ocean farmed but it's manmade rock. The Aussie is about the lightest real rock but also the most expensive at around $25 a pound. I think a box of that comes in at 40 pounds. Then again, I got 25 pounds of Aussie to try out and it had a 10lb boulder in there, but the other pieces were pretty light.

jabberwock · Jun 27, 2023

Ocean live rock for the win! All Day Long!!

newtohobby1025 · Jun 28, 2023

LuizW13 said:
Sounds like this LFS owner is giving you plenty of reasons to take your business elsewhere.

He also told me that he is one of the largest stores in the state and I have to trust him.

Anemone_Fanatic · Jun 28, 2023

newtohobby1025 said:
He also told me that he is one of the largest stores in the state and I have to trust him.

Yeah, give that store a pass.

Bruttall · Jun 28, 2023

newtohobby1025 said:
He also told me that he is one of the largest stores in the state and I have to trust him.

A wolf never has to tell you he is a wolf.

jabberwock · Jun 28, 2023

newtohobby1025 said:
He also told me that he is one of the largest stores in the state and I have to trust him.

So, for a store like that, I might still go depending on the quality and variety of livestock, but I would never ask them any questions.

"Nah, just looking around."

Screwgunner · Sep 3, 2023

Get dry rock put it in a garbage can add salt water and heat and powerhead. Get a raw larger shrimp from walmart put it in a media bag drop it in too. Let it rot. Watch your nitrates go up . Once your ammonia is at zero transfer the rock to your tank in clean fresh salt water. Your rock is cycled add a few live rock that way the cycle will not kill the good stuff on the live rock. Add some fish slowly .