Australian live rock

[reef_ranch]

I picked up 10 pounds in early November and another 10 pounds from this last batch early this month. Both times I rinsed it off, picked off some branching calcareous algae and any soft material and put it right into my system. Some in the main display, some in a frag tank and the rest in the sump. The system handled whatever ammonia without a problem. No pests seem to have been introduced with it and each piece is clean with no problem algae. I love the shape look and weight of it.

 

[LOVEROCK]

I picked up 10 pounds in early November and another 10 pounds from this last batch early this month. Both times I rinsed it off, picked off some branching calcareous algae and any soft material and put it right into my system. Some in the main display, some in a frag tank and the rest in the sump. The system handled whatever ammonia without a problem. No pests seem to have been introduced with it and each piece is clean with no problem algae. I love the shape look and weight of it.

Sps in tanks too ?

 

[reef_ranch]

Yes. The rock was very clean so there wasn't much die-off. I'm hoping my bacteria population benefitted from the additions. My system has been running for 6 years and I'm sure the number of different species and strains of bacteria was reduced over time.

 

[fulltang]

Can anyone identify what this white/yellowish stuff is? I tapped it with a toothbrush and it felt stony and smooth! I was expecting it to be soft based on appearance.

 

[LOVEROCK]

hows everyones rocks doing?

 

[fulltang]

hows everyones rocks doing?

Got mine in my display. I did identify what could possibly be Cladophoropsis on every rock, but it's pretty juvenile and hard to say for sure to my novice eye. I went ham manually rasping off and peroxiding what I could, because if it is that, that's bad news. Check my thread here for pictures:

https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/live-rock-algae-id.900176/
Aside from that potential headache, it looks very cool

 

[LOVEROCK]

very nice . wow you went ham with ID , i gotta look at my rock more closely to rasp stuff again

 

[lancesmith1]

I picked up 10 pounds in early November and another 10 pounds from this last batch early this month. Both times I rinsed it off, picked off some branching calcareous algae and any soft material and put it right into my system. Some in the main display, some in a frag tank and the rest in the sump. The system handled whatever ammonia without a problem. No pests seem to have been introduced with it and each piece is clean with no problem algae. I love the shape look and weight of it.

I did the same with a large chunk I got on a 7lb order. It smelled like the ocean so I put it straight in the tank with no issues. I just ordered another 8lbs and hope to do the same thing again depending on the condition. Maybe I got lucky with the 1st batch???? I have KP rock and I am replacing some of it with this rock. This is the best live rock I have seen for sale in many years.

 

[ccarr123]

My 7 lbs have been in my display tank for 2 weeks now and am seeing tons of new life. My goal was to add some bio-diversity to my existing tank and i'm sure now I accomplished that.

 

[Daftendire]

hows everyones rocks doing?

I've had my 7lbs for a few weeks now. This is my first go around with live rock and there seems to be a new macro algae springing back to life every few days. The pod population has exploded and it looks wild under a whiter light spectrum. I think I'm going to let the rock do it's thing for quite a while with regular water changes.

 

[Swede's Reef]

I've had my 7lbs for a few weeks now. This is my first go around with live rock and there seems to be a new macro algae springing back to life every few days. The pod population has exploded and it looks wild under a whiter light spectrum. I think I'm going to let the rock do it's thing for quite a while with regular water changes.

I am also seeing lots of pods of all kinds. Macros also coming back slowly. Very similar to yours. I keep the 7 lbs in a 10gal for now with lights and filtration. Will try to get some pictures later...

 

[fulltang]

I've had my 7lbs for a few weeks now. This is my first go around with live rock and there seems to be a new macro algae springing back to life every few days. The pod population has exploded and it looks wild under a whiter light spectrum. I think I'm going to let the rock do it's thing for quite a while with regular water changes.

Very fascinating. Mine doesn't look nearly as "alive" as yours, was that your impression a week or so after you first got your rock?

 

[Daftendire]

Very fascinating. Mine doesn't look nearly as "alive" as yours, was that your impression a week or so after you first got your rock?

It didn't have any visible algae growth aside from strange encrustations and coralline. It looked pretty similar to yours until recently

 

[fulltang]

I am also seeing lots of pods of all kinds. Macros also coming back slowly. Very similar to yours. I keep the 7 lbs in a 10gal for now with lights and filtration. Will try to get some pictures later...

Being my first tank, I noticed a bunch of white stuff on my glass.. just googled "what do copepods look like" and sure enough they're all over! Very cool

 

[lancesmith1]

This rock is awesome! I just recieved another 8lbs today. It was more fresh than the first 7lb order I received. I dunked it a few times in some water I had just changed and put it straight in the tank. I pulled another piece of KP out to make room. The KP is really great rock but this stuff is next level.

 

[ccarr123]

This rock is awesome! I just recieved another 8lbs today. It was more fresh than the first 7lb order I received. I dunked it a few times in some water I had just changed and put it straight in the tank. I pulled another piece of KP out to make room. The KP is really great rock but this stuff is next level.

Looks like it's cheaper now too at 19.99 lb

 

[Southswell]

I got some of the leftovers delivered last night and they had some stink to them. I put them right into a bucket and I'm just going to do a 100% water change without testing just for precaution. Hoping to find some hitchhikers when I open the bucket up because this is my first ever real live rock

 

[fulltang]

I got some of the leftovers delivered last night and they had some stink to them. I put them right into a bucket and I'm just going to do a 100% water change without testing just for precaution. Hoping to find some hitchhikers when I open the bucket up because this is my first ever real live rock

Took about 5-days for the stink to go away for me

 

[dmsc2fs]

It looks like 2 threads are going about this rock. I posted in the other one, but here is the same photo's again. 10lbs just arrived.

 

[glency]

A 4lb piece I got today from @uniquecorals . I love unique. They “rock”