Used marco rock on my original aquascape and loved it. Then switched over to the caribsea live rock for my upgrade!

Foundation rock is great also for fish safety. When creating an aquascape, there’s always risk of fish swimming or burrowing underneath larger pieces of rock and getting hurt. IMO going with a base rock will lessen the risk.

I have used both seeded live rock and dry rock and had success both ways! As for the dry rock though I really love the Caribsea Reef Rock I got, but it came completely dry (still using the rock in my lagoon)! Awesome topic and video!

Can we get a BRS investigates on whether the bacteria on Real Reef Rock makes a difference during a cycle?

I got the reel reef rock in all my tanks live rock tanks running perfectly 9.00 lb LFS

BRS should hire someone to find non-reefing equipment reefers use and then stock it - like the Karcher window cleaner and that special glue for NSA... you know now that you are expanding and all ;)

My choice is a mixture. Mostly Marco Rocks, but about 10 lbs or so of legit live rock (quarantined) like KP Aquatics or Tampa Bay Saltwater. Maybe an investigates on seeding a tank this?

Good thing I live right on the great Barrier reef just gonna go diving

Why doesn’t anyone make Tonga branch rock the dry rock look so when you cycle a tank it changes colour together. Not bright red or purple straight away.

Anyone broken up real reef to make NSA? I know you're gonna end up with some white here and there but I feel like you could make custom shapes that start mostly purple. Also I know people have used PVC primer sometimes to "paint rock" though any "paint" could potentially reduce bacterial "surface area". How far are we off from commercially available reef safe rock paint/"makeup"?

I live in the UK, could I take some small pieces of rock from the sea here and use them to cycle my tank or would the bacteria die due to the temp difference etc?

Honestly not a big fan of these rocks. Although it was bad for the environment, real live rock from the ocean were perfectly and naturally imbalanced and inconsistent. In a sense, these rocks are too uniformed for me (especially if they're manufactured to be purple). While going into a fish store that was about to close, I did chance upon some lace rock which is the closest to live rock that is available. Having these rocks, I'm down to setup a nano again.

I just do not understand why we debate Live vs Dry rock, instead of Live/Dry Hybrid! My next tank will be about 10 pounds of real live rock, covered in all the natural goodness, mixed with some form of dry rock. This way you get all the natural biome seeding your dry rock from day one, and cut down on the cost of full 100% live rock. Additionally, bacteria in a bottle will only address the bacterial cultures (and even that, likely not in a balanced manner) but leaves out all the microfauna and meofauna that are the building blocks of a healthy biome.

What is the mat on the inside of the tank? Where can I get one?

If I live by the water, could I buy dry rock and then put it in the water off my dock for a while? I know this isn't realistic for 80% of the hobby but seems like it could be an interesting way to seed (assuming it's not illegal).

Dreaming of the return of Pukani. Marco rock is way too hard to chisel/break. No sir.

Do you know of any stores in the twin cities area that carries the carib sea life rock? I assume BRS doesn't let people just come poke around the warehouse to look at it (maybe time for a retail front? :) )Looking to do my first tank and I'd love to see it in person before deciding on that vs marco rock.

What about the Walt Smith 2.1 Reef Rock or the CaribSea LifeRock Original. I was thinking of using one of these types of rock for the day one purple color and no unwanted pest which one of the 2 would you guys or anyone recommend buying?

I have been out of the hobby for a long time. I used an additive called Purple Up (I think) to get my rocks to color pretty quickly. Does that still exist and what are this group's thoughts on it if it does?

Is the caribe sea live or have bacteria spores or is it just pretty! I have some of that left but a want shelf rock tank this time! Damn to bad I cant mix because self rock is white! I dont want all of my tanks looking the same and thats the stuff I have in my other two! Please tell me you know of purple shelf rock! I know it dosnt really stay puple but by the time it changes its already colored! Is paint bad for tank, corals fish ect? I painted my IM screen top from white to black and notice its chipping off into tank! I just removed it today actually. I need some dark screen or something to remake it with if possible. Do you knw where I can get something like that for the Im nuvo 20?

I got crazy lucky and bought live caibe sea with tonga branches ,arches caves ect and a brute trash can for 30 bucks and over 50 lbs. I havnt glued frags yet because of not knowing the par. I have it up against the back of tank connected with caribe sea arches . My question is should I only put low light corals on tongas? They stand vertically so light dosnt directly hit them! I thought I would put zoas and shrooms on them except for the bridge piece I have connecting them that get direct hit of light but it is on the back wall! Does anyone sell shelf rock with bacteria or live that you know of? My lfs has dry for 3 a lb so really tempted but wanting to add coarl soon since I bought to much lately and dont want to risk getting off to a bad start! Last tank I didnt even turn lights on for 4 months and had no ugly stage at all! I dont have the time now to go slow! Any suggestions that wont cost a fortune. I have spent over 1k in corals lately! LOL

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Live rock is illegal and best...