Is this cool looking reef rock or what?

[Gort]

I'm not a shill nor do I have a dog in the fight, but IMNSHO, this live rock replica looks fantastic!

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Bringing the first of the 360 shots I did. This piece is from the Live Rock Replica line and meant to sit flat on the bottom.

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[Aldrinlights]

I love the color of it. I prefer to get those colors naturally though. Just a personal preference. If you were doing a FOWLR tank they would be great!

 

[Gort]

I love the color of it. I prefer to get those colors naturally though. Just a personal preference. If you were doing a FOWLR tank they would be great!

You make a good point. Mind you, I'm starting from Ground Zero. What rock did you start with?

 

[Jekyl]

Looks good. However will be covered in algae in no time

 

[Aldrinlights]

You make a good point. Mind you, I'm starting from Ground Zero. What rock did you start with?

I personally started with dead porous Fiji rock on my first tank but when I upgraded to my second much larger tank I followed this thread and it ended up skipping cycle It might be worth looking into for you

A thread tracking pure skip cycle instant reefs, no bottle bac

This is a testless cycling thread, we don't want ammonia testing here for any job if possible, because we are teaching reefers/readers that moving live rocks system to system does not restart the cycle: many in our community don't understand that rule and feel that any tank being setup simply...

www.reef2reef.com

 

[Jekyl]

If I were starting a new tank I'd use all gulfliverock.com or KP rock

 

[Gort]

I personally started with dead porous Fiji rock on my first tank but when I upgraded to my second much larger tank I followed this thread and it ended up skipping cycle It might be worth looking into for you

A thread tracking pure skip cycle instant reefs, no bottle bac

This is a testless cycling thread, we don't want ammonia testing here for any job if possible, because we are teaching reefers/readers that moving live rocks system to system does not restart the cycle: many in our community don't understand that rule and feel that any tank being setup simply...

www.reef2reef.com

@Aldrinlights >> Thanx for the link... If I had a local source of fully cured live rock, I'd jump that method in a heartbeat!

 

[ZoWhat]

I hate to be a Downer,, but I'm thinking unless you plan to pull the rock and scrubbing it monthly... I suspect live bacteria with grow covering the colors in the rock

 

[Gort]

I hate to be a Downer,, but I'm thinking unless you plan to pull the rock and scrubbing it monthly... I suspect live bacteria with grow covering the colors in the rock

I'm getting the sense from many that the "cool" look will be obscured quickly. I'll have to discuss with my trusted LFS (they recommended it)

 

[Tamberav]

Depends on the price. I would not pay a lot for something I would cover with corals but if the price is comparable would probably try it if I was using dry. If the paint/color lasts then it would probably be nice for a FOWLR.

The dry stuff looks ugly white at first but eventually gets covered with real colors and corals.

My favorite is actually live rock like KPA.

 

[Tonycass12]

I'm getting the sense from many that the "cool" look will be obscured quickly. I'll have to discuss with my trusted LFS (they recommended it)

Lfs have been recommending carib sea life rock as well but a lot of the purple on that rock can get picked off my hermits and snails. Mine is probably 20% white after 4 months in the tank.

 

[Gort]

My favorite is actually live rock like KPA.

KP Aquatics is out of stock, as are most vendors of the live aquacultured rock.

 

[Tamberav]

KP Aquatics is out of stock, as are most vendors of the live aquacultured rock.

It’s worth the wait!!

They still have the starter stuff which has all the bacteria still. My friend did that one to get less hitchikers. Still had some crabs he had to catch though.