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Hi guys and gals,

Has anyone tried to make their own rock for their tanks??

Ive just gone on to a site that explains how to make aquacultured rock and it seems easy enough providing that you can activate the coralline algae.

Has anyone used grunge to activate live sand?? If so what result did you get??

Any suggestions or any one tell me why this is not pracical.

Thanks

Trace

Last edited by trace-russ at 22-Jun-2005 16:04

Errr...

I'm sorta confused. :%)

With time, even pieces of "dead" live rock, sometimes referred to as base rock, will become live with the exposure to bacterias, algaes, pods, etc. There are ways to trigger this I'm sure, maybe by using skimmate from an existing tank or something.

Coralline algae growth is triggered mainly by high calcium I thought. I'm trying to get good coralline growth in my tank now, because when I start stocking with SPS the calcium is going to be sucked right up.

Could you link to this site?


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The site that I went to was http://www.garf.org and searched through and found in the diy section the how to make your own rock. Another site was
href]www.ozreef.org.au[/href]

Trace

Last edited by trace-russ at 22-Jun-2005 16:08

Yeah i have also seen this as well trace but again on another site when you start to 'cure' the rock your Ph goes all the way up to 12!!!

You also have to realize that if you do aragocrete rock that you wont ever have the diversity in/on the rock that wild harvested live rock has. There are a lot of people that dont realize that DIY rock is not a renewable resource....the products used to make the DIY rock are not being replaced naturally. Live rock on the other hand is constantly being made, and we dont even put a dent in it with what we harvest for the hobby.

With that being said, there are a lot of people that are using it. As stated before, it is essential to cure it in a seperate holding vessel until your PH comes down to that of the tap water that you are using.