Live rock

[vcnt]

My lfs have Indonesian live rock for 25/lb and carrieb sea not live rock but the painted purple kind for 6/lb, is online a better option?

 

[TX_REEF]

$25 a pound is insane. I'd recommend a treasure chest from Tampa Bay Saltwater for seeding combined with whatever dry rock you like best: https://tbsaltwater.com/product-category/ups-rock-sand-critters/

For dry rock, lots of people use Marco rock, I used caribsea liferock because of the color. It is also significantly cheaper than $6 a pound online, with free shipping: https://amzn.to/48MQis2

 

[Ironwill723]

Look at KP Aquatics for nice live rock from the keys.

 

[Uncle99]

I use the Carib-Sea painted live rock.
Was very happy and no hitchhikers.
Takes more maturity time obviously, but in the end, much happier with no surprises to be removed.

 

[steveschuerger]

I’ve mainly used live rock, and a small amount of dry. Go with maricultered live rock from a reliable source like TBS, KP Aquatics or Gulf Live Rock. If your dead set on dry , get a small amount of the actual live, not lfs. Better biodiversity.

 

[vcnt]

$25 a pound is insane. I'd recommend a treasure chest from Tampa Bay Saltwater for seeding combined with whatever dry rock you like best: https://tbsaltwater.com/product-category/ups-rock-sand-critters/

For dry rock, lots of people use Marco rock, I used caribsea liferock because of the color. It is also significantly cheaper than $6 a pound online, with free shipping: https://amzn.to/48MQis2

yea 25 is a lot i agree but i can see why it would be expensiver, its from half around the world

 

[TX_REEF]

Why do you care that it's from halfway around the world? You're paying for real ocean beneficial bacteria and hitchhikers, it doesn't matter where it's from as long as it's a clean ocean source

 

[djf91]

If you can afford it I’d go with the indopacific option. It has more of the bacteria and microfauna from the habitats where the majority of our fish and coral come from.

How large is your tank?

 

[mikey1958]

My lfs have Indonesian live rock for 25/lb and carrieb sea not live rock but the painted purple kind for 6/lb, is online a better option?

I think TBS is ,,,9 Dollars plus shipping...it's excellent live rock..I have about 40 lbs mixed with 50 lbs of Carib sea purple rock...the tank is doing great