Thanks! I see they are out of stock on a lot right now but have some variations available. And that makes sense since this is the off season. I might have to wait or look locally as well.
I haven’t bought live rock in 8 years so I don’t know who the go to’s are now. Since I need a lot of it, I didn’t know if there are bulk deals out there as well.
It’s like fast forwarding a year of sitting and watching your tank mature. If you consider the electricity, water, and time costs of sitting through the “ugly stage”, the live rock really isn’t a bad deal.
This is the wayI also like gulf live rock. I tried something an author suggested (can't remember which book) and had a lot of fun last year adding some gulf live rock rubble to a 2.5 gallon tank. With an sponge filter and a small light. Nothing but the rock. I was amazed, shocked and just entranced by all the stuff I saw in that tank over the year and half. Snails. An urchin that suddenly showed up (I'm sure it was just tiny when I got it and eventually grew the urchin grew and one day I saw it and was amazed). I've had several urchins emerge from gulf live rock. Tubeworms. Turkey clams. Crabs. Some weird palm sized thing that looked like a giant tan amoeba that popped out every week or two to cruise the glass. Macro algae. I just feed some phyto a few times a week. Sometimes nori when the urchin was there. The walls are crawling with pods. Some really weird tiny clam thing with small red siphons coming out of it. It was super fun microtank. Still going actually (picture is from today).
@Matt LMaybe I need to reevaluate. I didn’t realize live rock goes for over $20 a pound now plus shipping!
Think I’ll add some rock from a few of my tanks and supplement with dry rock. I see they have cool shelves and base rock now. Maybe I’ll do a custom scape this time instead of plopping rocks on each other.
That's awesome!!I also like gulf live rock. I tried something an author suggested (can't remember which book) and had a lot of fun last year adding some gulf live rock rubble to a 2.5 gallon tank. With an sponge filter and a small light. Nothing but the rock. I was amazed, shocked and just entranced by all the stuff I saw in that tank over the year and half. Snails. An urchin that suddenly showed up (I'm sure it was just tiny when I got it and eventually grew the urchin grew and one day I saw it and was amazed). I've had several urchins emerge from gulf live rock. Tubeworms. Turkey clams. Crabs. Some weird palm sized thing that looked like a giant tan amoeba that popped out every week or two to cruise the glass. Macro algae. I just feed some phyto a few times a week. Sometimes nori when the urchin was there. The walls are crawling with pods. Some really weird tiny clam thing with small red siphons coming out of it. It was super fun microtank. Still going actually (picture is from today).
