BRS's 160 used dry rock... and has been fairly successful
If you're saying there's something about the Florida mined dry rock that Reefcleaners is selling, well, my tank is Reefcleaner's rock. I am having problems, but I do not believe them to be rock related... I'm fairly certain that my issues are related to how I went about implementing the Triton system on a new, sparsely populated aquarium. And... those problems are being dealt with... what few SPS frags I have at this point are once again growing and coloring up.
If you're saying that you can't keep an SPS reef on dry rock... I suspect there are any number of beautiful aquarium photos around here that would stretch that theory all out of shape.
Live rock is rock... nearly all of it these days is farmed... in many cases from the SAME Florida mines that Reefcleaners uses. If the 'right' combination of flora and fauna can be grown on these rocks by dumping them in the sea for a few months, then there is no reason why the same flora and fauna cannot be grown on these rocks in a tank. Add in the ability to limit undesirable forms of life, and the cost of shipping wet rocks via airmail, and you'll know why the vast majority of new reefs use dry rock.
If you're saying there's something about the Florida mined dry rock that Reefcleaners is selling, well, my tank is Reefcleaner's rock. I am having problems, but I do not believe them to be rock related... I'm fairly certain that my issues are related to how I went about implementing the Triton system on a new, sparsely populated aquarium. And... those problems are being dealt with... what few SPS frags I have at this point are once again growing and coloring up.
If you're saying that you can't keep an SPS reef on dry rock... I suspect there are any number of beautiful aquarium photos around here that would stretch that theory all out of shape.
Live rock is rock... nearly all of it these days is farmed... in many cases from the SAME Florida mines that Reefcleaners uses. If the 'right' combination of flora and fauna can be grown on these rocks by dumping them in the sea for a few months, then there is no reason why the same flora and fauna cannot be grown on these rocks in a tank. Add in the ability to limit undesirable forms of life, and the cost of shipping wet rocks via airmail, and you'll know why the vast majority of new reefs use dry rock.