Tonga branch premium live rock is still available

[Perthegallon]

Nvm that’s crazy expensive

 

[Reefman71]

You can’t get live rock anymore? I’ve been doing this for years, I’m almost 50 and I notice a lot of people posting pictures of their aqua scape and it’s all dry rock and no live rock? I’ve got live rock in my tank that I’ve had for 15, 20 years. It’s no wonder everyone has so many issues nowadays if they are not using live rock. My opinion you have to have live like rock as a base or something

 

[Reefman71]

I’ve bought that Carib Sea and got my $ back. Half of it was broken. If you want a successful reef tank you have to use live rock, not just fake stuff are you asking for trouble. IMO

 

[Perthegallon]

You can’t get live rock anymore? I’ve been doing this for years, I’m almost 50 and I notice a lot of people posting pictures of their aqua scape and it’s all dry rock and no live rock? I’ve got live rock in my tank that I’ve had for 15, 20 years. It’s no wonder everyone has so many issues nowadays if they are not using live rock. My opinion you have to have live like rock as a base or something

This hobby is crazy expensive as it is it’s very hard to purchase live rock for me personally none of my local fish stores sell it in a 3 hour radius and shipping and buying that is crazy expensive I really had little choice but to go with the dry

 

[Reefman71]

This hobby is crazy expensive as it is it’s very hard to purchase live rock for me personally none of my local fish stores sell it in a 3 hour radius and shipping and buying that is crazy expensive I really had little choice but to go with the dry

I live in the middle of nowhere, St. Louis three hours Nashville about three hours also. Those are the closest places for me to go to find a LFS. I used to live in St. Louis that’s where I ended up purchasing most of my live rock. It’s worth the three or 4 Hour Dr. for anybody that’s setting up a reef tank. Again just my opinion but you have got to have it, even if it’s just in your sump. I have it in my display and in my sump. I bought a trigger CR44, the fuge is full of real live rock. The downside chances are you will have to battle critters at some point or another. But the balance that it brings to your tank makes it worth it

 

[EMeyer]

Yeah, I'm a huge fan of saving money but live rock isnt really optional IMO.

Save money on lighting, skimmers, wavemakers, pumps, and even the tank itself. Theres no substitute for live rock.

 

[LOVEROCK]

You can look around for tank break downs and pick up a few good pieces

may i buy 1 or 2 peices ?

 

[kaifish]

may i buy 1 or 2 peices ?

Sorry but I’ve been hunting for enough Tonga for over a year for a future build. This picture is just overflow what I don’t have curing in a tub. These will go in next

 

[Robb1821i]

Well I just purchased 25 lbs real tonga live rock for $200. If and when it arrives I can poat some pics.

I actually came across this looking for tips on aquascaping live tonga as I only have dealt with dry rock.

 

[LOVEROCK]

Well I just purchased 25 lbs real tonga live rock for $200. If and when it arrives I can poat some pics.

I actually came across this looking for tips on aquascaping live tonga as I only have dealt with dry rock.

Where you buy ? Straight from ocean ?

 

[Robb1821i]

Aquarium creations online

 

[LOVEROCK]

Aquarium creations online

https://www.aquariumcreationsonline.net/DeepwaterLiveRock.html this same one ? i thought there was a ban on it , how come they able to get

 

[Robb1821i]

That same company. You can't find it on that list though. They're all out of stock. I found this in a random search while researching fake tonga. Not sure if the order will be canceled but i figured it's worth a try.

 

[HB AL]

I've been holding on to about 300#s of fiji and about 70#s of tonga in containers ive had for around 20+ years for when I get a tank large enough that I will need it, this has me wondering if I should sell it for the premium prices you guys are quoting for it now.

 

[GQuinn]

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[saltcats]

You don’t need 50 lbs of Tonga zooanthid branch pieces to reap the benefits of real Tonga branch. I got a zoa branch a few years ago. Zoas all ended up detaching and going away. But I got some sponges and other stuff to seed my man made branch, a few clam/mussel type things, and probably some other beneficial stuff.

I use Real Reef branch which to me looks pretty close to Tonga. The Carib Sea branch looks awful.

Was this from live aquaria? I've been wondering if their maricultured "mushroom rocks/zoa rocks" come with hitchhikers; seems like a possible way to get some non-caribbean stuff.

 

[HB AL]

Be careful with this company.

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At this point and long before why not call your cc company and be done with it?

 

[TerraFerma]

Was this from live aquaria? I've been wondering if their maricultured "mushroom rocks/zoa rocks" come with hitchhikers; seems like a possible way to get some non-caribbean stuff.

This was from LFS. But LA regularly has zoa's grown on real live rock.

 

[LOVEROCK]

I've been holding on to about 300#s of fiji and about 70#s of tonga in containers ive had for around 20+ years for when I get a tank large enough that I will need it, this has me wondering if I should sell it for the premium prices you guys are quoting for it now.

you got a few peices to sell ? has the rock ever been medicated with anything

 

[HB AL]

you got a few peices to sell ? has the rock ever been medicated with anything

Never medicated, saving it for an upgrade since you can't really get it.