Live Rock

Huskymaniac · Mar 19, 2020

Can anyone recommend where to get actual live rock from? My tank is being overrun with Dino's and nothing I do works. Want to try and adding some fresh rock with fresh life ti see if it can outcompete it. It's my last step before cutting my loses and shocking the tank like a pool.

YankeeTankee · Mar 19, 2020

KP Aquatics

Super Fly · Mar 19, 2020

Tampa Bay Saltwater (TBS) - however I understand he's very backlogged with orders due to weeks of bad weather preventing him from scuba diving to harvest the rocks.

Malifry97 · Mar 19, 2020

Due to TBS (tampa bay saltwater) being backlogged, id go with KP Aquatics. If i was you, i would get rid of most of the rock once the live rock is added so as to weaken dino population as much as possible

Dr. Jim · Mar 19, 2020

I just got 25lbs from LiveRockNReef.com. They take rock from the Gulf and ship it immediately so it is loaded with live animals (unlike Pacific rock that sometimes is out of the water for days to weeks. The Gulf rock isn't as pretty but it is great for seeding a tank. My rock came with 2 lobophyllia, 3 clams, a gorgonian, feather dusters, sponges, tunicates, etc. Glad I bought it. They are trying to get an order from Fiji and Golden Marindo. This rock has much nicer shape but not much life (other than bacteria and tiny creatures). You can see the top half of my rockscape is the Gulf rock. I set the 2 clams on the bottom up front; lobophyllia on right; gorgonian on left.
The base rock is artificial, Carib-Sea rock which I want to replace.

liverock · Jul 31, 2020

we are back at it...rock and roll.......and looks like the hurricane is going to miss us!

Reef man 89 · Jul 31, 2020

Huskymaniac said:
Can anyone recommend where to get actual live rock from? My tank is being overrun with Dino's and nothing I do works. Want to try and adding some fresh rock with fresh life ti see if it can outcompete it. It's my last step before cutting my loses and shocking the tank like a pool.

I about to do the same thing tryed it all blackouts/UV/ dosing no3/po4 Dino x and nothing works