Live Rock
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Ebay also has questionable quality...I purchased my rock from Aquarium Fish: Tropical Freshwater Fish and Saltwater Fish for Home Aquariums and was very happy. I know Lotus bought a bunch of rock somewhere, but I can't recall where at the moment. I am sure she will chime in.
Out of curiosity, how big a tank is this rock going in to? That is a ton of rock.
Out of curiosity, how big a tank is this rock going in to? That is a ton of rock.
I got mine from my LFS, but had them order a few boxes when they were getting more in. They gave us a much better deal on the box price than if we bought it per pound (cured). It was uncured, but was fresh from the wholesaler that day.
If you do buy online, make sure you check the shipping charges and policies carefully. I know one buyer was really upset when he was charged box fees and extra shipping charges. It had been stated in the online store's policies, but those policies were buried and hard to find. The site had kind of alluded to free shipping, but it wasn't really free.
As live rock is the basis of your system, I think it's better to get great rock than to get poor rock for the sake of saving a few bucks.
If you do buy online, make sure you check the shipping charges and policies carefully. I know one buyer was really upset when he was charged box fees and extra shipping charges. It had been stated in the online store's policies, but those policies were buried and hard to find. The site had kind of alluded to free shipping, but it wasn't really free.
As live rock is the basis of your system, I think it's better to get great rock than to get poor rock for the sake of saving a few bucks.
It really depends on the type of rock that you put in.......caribbean rock tends to be denser and heavier than say south pacific ie. marshall island rock which is extremely porous and light. If you use a porous rock you would need less pounds than a denser rock as there is more surface area on the porous stuff to populate the beneficial bacteria. I have 130lbs of marshall island in my 75g and that is way more than was necessary but I was going for the asthetics more than anything. Fiji rock has more life on it and you could probably get away with about 90lbs.......do check all the saltwater forums out there on their for sale pages as there is usually someone quitting the hobby that will sell their rock fairly cheap......try reef central as their pages are huge and the sale pages contain a lot of stuff for sale. Again, like ebay you want to be sure of what you are getting. All my rock came from Premium Aquatics and I have heard that what they ship is quality stuff....I was lucky it is an hour away and I was able to hand pick mine.