Base rock thoughts
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harbingerofthefish wrote:I looked at thier eBay auctions, and they took off the BIN option. So with the shipping on the 30# box, so even if you win a bid on it for like $15 it's only 2.00 cheaper after shipping then just buying it straight from thier site.
Kev, If you find some of this lace rock and like it, let me know where it is and maybe I can go the same route.
I have a couple landscaping places around me that I can go by and see what they have.
Salt,
Is lace rock white? so I know what I'm looking for.
Lace rock generally is from brown to greyish-black
This site might give you some ideas
http://www.diversifiedstone.com/lacerock.htm
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I bet that cool looking large rock that you got from me was lace rock.
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You can also use limestone.
http://www.Garf.org sells a product that you can put over base rock and it will seed it with all of the coraline spores that you need to make it become live.
The product is called Grunge.
Recipe for live rock
*Build reef in your tank from calcium based rock.
*fill tank with water, no fish, inverts or sand yet
*start lighting
*sprinkle rock with Grunge or with coraline scraped from live rock
*dose tank with heavy Kalwasser. 6 tblspn of pickling lime per gallon of
water add as top off, use a lot.
*also use argomilk 1 spoon a day.
* use a reef plus type additive every day
The idea is to keep calc levels very high. Too high for fish or inverts.
In 3-6 weeks you will see very strong coraline growth.
Do a 95 % water change before you add sand . then start with critters and fish.
This rock was limestone cultured by the above method. you can see the dense coraline between the corals.
http://www.Garf.org sells a product that you can put over base rock and it will seed it with all of the coraline spores that you need to make it become live.
The product is called Grunge.
Recipe for live rock
*Build reef in your tank from calcium based rock.
*fill tank with water, no fish, inverts or sand yet
*start lighting
*sprinkle rock with Grunge or with coraline scraped from live rock
*dose tank with heavy Kalwasser. 6 tblspn of pickling lime per gallon of
water add as top off, use a lot.
*also use argomilk 1 spoon a day.
* use a reef plus type additive every day
The idea is to keep calc levels very high. Too high for fish or inverts.
In 3-6 weeks you will see very strong coraline growth.
Do a 95 % water change before you add sand . then start with critters and fish.
This rock was limestone cultured by the above method. you can see the dense coraline between the corals.