The more I look at this scape, the more I want to add sand. Decisions! Decisions!Agreed! Marco prime cuts and cherries are awesome. I recently completed my scape using Marco and some reefsaver which are basically the same.
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The more I look at this scape, the more I want to add sand. Decisions! Decisions!Agreed! Marco prime cuts and cherries are awesome. I recently completed my scape using Marco and some reefsaver which are basically the same.
The more I look at this scape, the more I want to add sand. Decisions! Decisions!
The more I look at this scape, the more I want to add sand. Decisions! Decisions!
This is 100% my opinion:
Do Marco Rocks (or similar type rock) look cool? Sure, the premium stuff looks pretty good I will admit.
Would I ever in my mind pay $269 + shipping for 40lbs? Absolutely no chance in this world. That's over $15 a lbs for essentially dead rock you still need to seed and wait to come alive.
You can accomplish the exact same look and feel with $1/lbs dead rock, a chisel, hammer and an hour of your time.
Same here......my one attempt to start a tank with 100% live rock did not go well. Ended up re-booting the tank with 100% Haitian live rock. The stackable Marco rock looks great but it would be much better, IMO, if it was conditioned for a while at a LFS or other holding facility with other live rock.I said this before I did my last tank. Started with all dry rock and it took literal years to establish and be suitable for SPS. Maybe I was doing something wrong but I think I remember Mike Paletta having the same problem with one of his tanks. My rock has been set up in this tank for 5+ years now and is great but it took a really long time to get to this point.
Same here......my one attempt to start a tank with 100% live rock did not go well. Ended up re-booting the tank with 100% Haitian live rock. The stackable Marco rock looks great but it would be much better, IMO, if it was conditioned for a while at a LFS or a wholesaler with other live rock.
Same here......my one attempt to start a tank with 100% live rock did not go well. Ended up re-booting the tank with 100% Haitian live rock. The stackable Marco rock looks great but it would be much better, IMO, if it was conditioned for a while at a LFS or other holding facility with other live rock.
It's actually $8.99 from BRS. I provided the link in the first post but here it is again.This is 100% my opinion:
Do Marco Rocks (or similar type rock) look cool? Sure, the premium stuff looks pretty good I will admit.
Would I ever in my mind pay $269 + shipping for 40lbs? Absolutely no chance in this world. That's over $15 a lbs for essentially dead rock you still need to seed and wait to come alive.
You can accomplish the exact same look and feel with $1/lbs dead rock, a chisel, hammer and an hour of your time.
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I actually started my 25g with dry rock to experiment with setting up a tank with dry rock. Previous to that, I had not set up a new tank in 15 years and that was with live rock from Marshall Islands. I have heard of some real horror stories and failures using dry rock. I am happy to report that for me, My method worked and I added SPS within 2 months. The tank has great coralline algae growth already at 6 months and the rock is certainly live now. I plan to use the same techniques in starting up the 250g. I'm not worried.I said this before I did my last tank. Started with all dry rock and it took literal years to establish and be suitable for SPS. Maybe I was doing something wrong but I think I remember Mike Paletta having the same problem with one of his tanks. My rock has been set up in this tank for 5+ years now and is great but it took a really long time to get to this point.
I have heard of some real horror stories and failures using dry rock. I am happy to report that for me, My method worked and I added SPS within 2 months. The tank has great coralline algae growth already at 6 months and the rock is certainly live now. I plan to use the same techniques in starting up the 250g. I'm not worried.
I said this before I did my last tank. Started with all dry rock and it took literal years to establish and be suitable for SPS. Maybe I was doing something wrong but I think I remember Mike Paletta having the same problem with one of his tanks. My rock has been set up in this tank for 5+ years now and is great but it took a really long time to get to this point.
I believe this is certainly possible but also very, very easy to remedy the phosphate issue in the infancy of the tank. Seems pointless to wait til problems arise to finally decide to do something about it. JMHO, but I something think people make things harder than they have to simply for the challenge.There is quite a bit of debate though on whether dry fabricated rock leaches phosphates somehow. I have no opinion on that since I have not so far used anything that wasn't live or formerly live.
I believe this is certainly possible but also very, very easy to remedy the phosphate issue in the infancy of the tank. Seems pointless to wait til problems arise to finally decide to do something about it. JMHO, but I something think people make things harder than they have to simply for the challenge.