Live Rock

[Polyp Punk]

Hey Reefers,
What is the best place to get live cured rock these days ? And which type of rock is better is popular now? I want some real nice pieces with some coraline algea as well ! Thanks for your thoughts

 

[Mterry9239]

Liverocknreef.com for sure. Thier live rock comes full of life and corals. I have had 3 great experiences with them and their quality and colors are amazing!!

 

[1guydude]

Spendy dang. I remember paying 4.99-7.99lb back when i started. Lfs had flordia rock with crabs in it and everything. Lol
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[Tired]

KP Aquatics doesn't sell pre-cured rock, but they can ship it in water, and rock shipped in water will have a pretty minimal cure time and very minimal die-off. Just do some water changes. You'll get all sorts of good stuff. Saw someone get an entire (unfortunately dead) small eel on their shipment recently.

Live rock nowadays is maricultured. The outfits licensed to sell it dump dead coral rock (dug from quarries) in the ocean for a good few years, then pull it back out. Much better for the environment than chopping up existing reefs, and the biodiversity should be pretty similar. All the stuff that would normally settle and likely die on the sand where the rock is placed, instead wind up on the rock. Just like how new reefs get established.

 

[CK00020]

+1 on KP Aquatics

 

[Polyp Punk]

Liverocknreef.com for sure. Thier live rock comes full of life and corals. I have had 3 great experiences with them and their quality and colors are amazing!!

well known company ? gotta be careful that no unwanted pests come with the rocks ... is this better than carib sea life rock ?

 

[LRT]

Check out gulf live rock.com
Not going to find better rock. Same exact rock as live rock n reef comes full of life and corals.

 

[Polyp Punk]

Check out gulf live rock.com
Not going to find better rock. Same exact rock as live rock n reef comes full of life and corals.

better than carib sea life rock ?

 

[brandon429]

yes because caribsea is the equivalent of dry concrete and it may or may not have painted bacteria

ocean rocks have benthic higher order life forms and instant ready bacteria. liferock has cycling time required, but not curing time where it would leak ammonia from dieoff of oceanic benthic life.

your initial hunt is the right one, get it from a pet store. drive to it

if you cant drive to get your own skip cycle cured rocks, then curing out one of the mailed options is second best because its more diversity than dry rocks.

*disclaimer
if caribsea liferock has sat in someones reef tank for five years, then its pretty much the same as what you want.

 

[fishface NJ]

+1 KP aquatic

 

[Mterry9239]

well known company ? gotta be careful that no unwanted pests come with the rocks ... is this better than carib sea life rock ?

Yes liverocknreef.com is well known. I have used 3 times and never have had aiptasia, mantis shrimp etc. No unwanted pest. If you click on my profile pic that rock is from there. Great quality, came full of corals and crabs. Should check their site out and read into their story. The owner calls you directly and arranges the shipment and speaks to you about what it is he is offering in detail.

 

[Polyp Punk]

yes because caribsea is the equivalent of dry concrete and it may or may not have painted bacteria

ocean rocks have benthic higher order life forms and instant ready bacteria. liferock has cycling time required, but not curing time where it would leak ammonia from dieoff of oceanic benthic life.

your initial hunt is the right one, get it from a pet store. drive to it

if you cant drive to get your own skip cycle cured rocks, then curing out one of the mailed options is second best because its more diversity than dry rocks.

*disclaimer
if caribsea liferock has sat in someones reef tank for five years, then its pretty much the same as what you want.

So what Live rock website do you suggest ?

 

[brandon429]

Whatever they’ve recommended I never buy the shipped stuff mines from fish store bin marked live rock w coralline

 

[Polyp Punk]

KP Aquatics doesn't sell pre-cured rock, but they can ship it in water, and rock shipped in water will have a pretty minimal cure time and very minimal die-off. Just do some water changes. You'll get all sorts of good stuff. Saw someone get an entire (unfortunately dead) small eel on their shipment recently.

Live rock nowadays is maricultured. The outfits licensed to sell it dump dead coral rock (dug from quarries) in the ocean for a good few years, then pull it back out. Much better for the environment than chopping up existing reefs, and the biodiversity should be pretty similar. All the stuff that would normally settle and likely die on the sand where the rock is placed, instead wind up on the rock. Just like how new reefs get established.

so do you like carib sea life rock, GULF live rock or rocknreef ?

 

[Thaxxx]

carib sea life rock IS NOT live rock.

 

[Reef man 89]

I have 60lbs kp in my tank. It was shipped in water and the life on it is incredible. Had an extremely small cycle .25 ammonia for 3 days . Been in tank for 6 months and still find new life all the time. Highly recommended. Will NEVER set up a tank with out real live rock.

 

[MLREEF]

It all depends on the type of rock that you are looking for.

 

[LegendaryCG]

so do you like carib sea life rock, GULF live rock or rocknreef ?

As others have said Carib sea life rock is just pink colored dry rock. Its nice for dry rock. I think gulf live rock is the cheapest option for ocean procured rock But some folks want their rock shipped in bags of water which I don’t think they do.

 

[Polyp Punk]

As others have said Carib sea life rock is just pink colored dry rock. Its nice for dry rock. I think gulf live rock is the cheapest option for ocean procured rock But some folks want their rock shipped in bags of water which I don’t think they do.

i think im going to go with rockNreef!

 

[codee]

i think im going to go with rockNreef!

@Salt_Life, curious how this turned out. Did you buy any live rock, and if so how was the experience?