AquaticEngineer Posted June 23, 2010 Share Posted June 23, 2010 Trying to start collecting some porous base rock,rubble, and large subsrate to utilize in the filtration for my temperate/coldwater marine tank. Doesn't have to be pretty because I'll probably end up breaking it into smaller pieces. Would prefer dry/dead rock. Anyone who has some rock or rubble and is interested in some frags, or just wants to clear some room in their garage let me know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emerald525 Posted June 23, 2010 Share Posted June 23, 2010 Nick at Rosecity has a ton of rock rubble and also had some great deals on baserock! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AquaticEngineer Posted June 23, 2010 Author Share Posted June 23, 2010 Nick at Rosecity has a ton of rock rubble and also had some great deals on baserock! I think I'm going down there tomorrow, I just saw his add on CL(clap) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smann Posted June 23, 2010 Share Posted June 23, 2010 I may have some for you after the weekend, You can let it dry out, alot of the smaller buried pieces i wont need or have room for Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AquaticEngineer Posted June 23, 2010 Author Share Posted June 23, 2010 I may have some for you after the weekend' date=' You can let it dry out, alot of the smaller buried pieces i wont need or have room for[/quote'] Awesome (clap) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsoz Posted June 23, 2010 Share Posted June 23, 2010 I have a bunch of man-made LR. You can come over and look at it if you want. Cheep too. dsoz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coolwaves Posted June 26, 2010 Share Posted June 26, 2010 nooooo.... say it ain't so.... do use native rock! hook up with a diver, it's legal to collect (and awesome looking) when taken below a certain depth same with our great looking local substrate (as seen in weast's old system) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AquaticEngineer Posted June 26, 2010 Author Share Posted June 26, 2010 None of the non-native rock will be seen at all. It will all be in the area that is below the visible tank bottom. Its sole purpose will be to buffer the ph and provide a more porous biological surface area for bacteria. Marineland uses dolomite if I remeber correctly from their website. I thought about just using the small ceramic tubes that some people put in their filters, but live rock rubble is cheaper. I may end up using nylon bags full of crushed oyster shell. Don't worry, it will be 100% native rock in the viewable tank areas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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