Now Caribsea Liferock seems to have some of their reef grade substrate fused into the paint.
I plan on imitating this by painting a light coat of super glue in areas and applying the reef grade substrate.
The could get me closer to the finished looks I’m trying to achieve.
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A mythe. Bacteria needs to be in contact with the waterflow to do their job. There is (hardly) any flow inside the micropores of a rock. 99.99% of the water flows around the surface of a rock, not through it.
The question is, what paintproducts do the ones like Caribsea and Real Reefrock use on their stones, because that seems pretty durable.
I don’t know I would not use paint period.. I have seen a few posts on FB where people have used the Pink Marco Cement, mixed it wet and brushed it onto the rocks.. Do yourself a favor and pass on the paint...
Also an idea, there is cement dye powder in all colors, so you can create different kind of purples.
Your two paragraphs totally contradict each other. It really depends on what your expecting of your rock and /or ceramic media block. Nitrate reduction requires low flow to produce the low oxygen levels required to brake it down. I feel most have to much flow through their sumps for a ceramic block to work optimally.
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No it doesn't contradict imo. Even with minimal flow in the sump the blocks don't work well because water always seeks the path of less resistance (=around the block), unless you force it to go through the block, which is only possible if the block is the exact same size as the compartment it's in.
