What Rock Do I Have?

Imanz0 · 03/29/2008, 04:06 PM

Anyone know what type of rock this is?

rynon · 03/29/2008, 04:28 PM

Looks like totaka live rock to me, only reason I know is cause I bought some. Look on www.seadwelling.com under photo galleries.....live rock.

tufacody · 03/29/2008, 04:30 PM

looks like dead white coral to me

kar93 · 03/29/2008, 04:31 PM

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Originally posted by tufacody
looks like dead coral to me

What do you think live rock is?

rynon · 03/29/2008, 04:34 PM

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Originally posted by kar93
What do you think live rock is?

It better be or we're getting ripped off

Imanz0 · 03/30/2008, 01:49 AM

Well, if i want to put a very small, coral in that bottom left corner, which is the most durable? For a first timer?

Imanz0 · 03/30/2008, 11:21 AM

Iv herd polyps? Are those pretty durable? (Once my nitrates go back down to 0) maybe

kar93 · 03/30/2008, 11:37 AM

You could try a toadstool.

tufacody · 03/30/2008, 11:48 AM

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Originally posted by kar93
What do you think live rock is?

I hope you agree there is a difference between live rock and the skeletal hull of a stony coral that appears to have been out of water for quite some time.

And that stuff doesn't look "live" at all. It just looks like a bleached stony coral that you might find in tourist shops. Not that it won't colonize bacteria over time. But right now I see no signs of life on it at all.

tufacody · 03/30/2008, 11:50 AM

And for what its worth, even a dead piece of stony coral that size is probably worth $150. Illegal now in a few states.

Imanz0 · 03/30/2008, 11:50 AM

I want something so like if one week my nitrates go to like 15-20, it wont die right away, any such thing? Want something that if i put near a powerhead flow it will move a lil if posible.

Imanz0 · 03/30/2008, 11:52 AM

So the thing i got right there, isnt even live, bought it for around 70$, and the guy told me it was a peice of cured live rock.

tufacody · 03/30/2008, 11:52 AM

Imanz- you have a great looking tank there, but it looks so new to me that I doubt you have cycled at all. Are you testing? I wouldn't try any corals whatsoever yet. It doesn't look like you have enough organic matter there to even keep a small clean up crew alive. How long has this been set up?

tufacody · 03/30/2008, 11:54 AM

I can't know for sure bud, I'm just telling you what it looks like to me. Some people throw stuff in the water for a few weeks and call it LR. Just keep testing. If you are getting ammonia readings then you have not cycled, and those fish are in jeapordy.

Imanz0 · 03/30/2008, 11:56 AM

for 1 month now, it was cycled at 8 days, first the amonia was up, then the nitrates, then it all went away, and the guy at the store told me it was cycled, Then i asked him how come it didnt take 4 weeks like everyone elses, and he said that since i have so much live sand and live rock in there compared to the tank, it boosted the time up alot.- Btw, people are saying that that rock isnt live, but the guy told me that it was a cured live rock, is it "live" and bacteria full or no?

kar93 · 03/30/2008, 11:59 AM

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Originally posted by tufacody
I hope you agree there is a difference between live rock and the skeletal hull of a stony coral that appears to have been out of water for quite some time.

And that stuff doesn't look "live" at all. It just looks like a bleached stony coral that you might find in tourist shops. Not that it won't colonize bacteria over time. But right now I see no signs of life on it at all.

Well, yeah but live rock is basically dead coral.

Imanz0 · 03/30/2008, 12:18 PM

So is it garbage or is it good?

tufacody · 03/30/2008, 02:00 PM

If you are truly cylced, then I suspect it was more due to your live sand.

Lots of people use skeletal hulls in their tanks - you just see them more in fish only tanks. There is nothing wrong with what you have, but I sincerely doubt it has the filtering capacity of real LR. It looks pretty now, but soon it will turn a brownish color.

Imanz0 · 03/30/2008, 07:27 PM

but it still does some work right?

Imanz0 · 03/30/2008, 10:01 PM

Well, i gave that back to the store for free, (lost $60+), and bought some amazing looking ones that are really good pink/purple looking.

spleify · 03/30/2008, 10:14 PM

Pics?

Imanz0 · 03/30/2008, 10:26 PM

In 2 days, neighbor using camra for his project for collage. Freaking taking pictures of flowers, how random.. Btw, how do you feed corals? Do you put all the chemicals in the water, or do you spray it on the actual coral, the guys keep telling me to put it on the coral, so what do people with those big tanks ddo?

03/29/2008, 04:06 PM	#1
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03/30/2008, 10:14 PM	#21
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03/29/2008, 04:28 PM	#2
rynon Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 686	Looks like totaka live rock to me, only reason I know is cause I bought some. Look on www.seadwelling.com under photo galleries.....live rock.

03/29/2008, 04:30 PM	#3
tufacody Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 1,890	looks like dead white coral to me

03/30/2008, 01:49 AM	#6
Imanz0 Awaiting Email Confirmation Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 404	Well, if i want to put a very small, coral in that bottom left corner, which is the most durable? For a first timer?

03/30/2008, 11:21 AM	#7
Imanz0 Awaiting Email Confirmation Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 404	Iv herd polyps? Are those pretty durable? (Once my nitrates go back down to 0) maybe

03/30/2008, 11:37 AM	#8
kar93 Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Lincoln Posts: 5,521	You could try a toadstool.

03/30/2008, 11:50 AM	#10
tufacody Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 1,890	And for what its worth, even a dead piece of stony coral that size is probably worth $150. Illegal now in a few states.

03/30/2008, 11:52 AM	#12
Imanz0 Awaiting Email Confirmation Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 404	So the thing i got right there, isnt even live, bought it for around 70$, and the guy told me it was a peice of cured live rock.

03/30/2008, 11:54 AM	#14
tufacody Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 1,890	I can't know for sure bud, I'm just telling you what it looks like to me. Some people throw stuff in the water for a few weeks and call it LR. Just keep testing. If you are getting ammonia readings then you have not cycled, and those fish are in jeapordy.

03/30/2008, 11:56 AM	#15
Imanz0 Awaiting Email Confirmation Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 404	for 1 month now, it was cycled at 8 days, first the amonia was up, then the nitrates, then it all went away, and the guy at the store told me it was cycled, Then i asked him how come it didnt take 4 weeks like everyone elses, and he said that since i have so much live sand and live rock in there compared to the tank, it boosted the time up alot.- Btw, people are saying that that rock isnt live, but the guy told me that it was a cured live rock, is it "live" and bacteria full or no?

03/30/2008, 12:18 PM	#17
Imanz0 Awaiting Email Confirmation Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 404	So is it garbage or is it good?

03/30/2008, 02:00 PM	#18
tufacody Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 1,890	If you are truly cylced, then I suspect it was more due to your live sand. Lots of people use skeletal hulls in their tanks - you just see them more in fish only tanks. There is nothing wrong with what you have, but I sincerely doubt it has the filtering capacity of real LR. It looks pretty now, but soon it will turn a brownish color.

03/30/2008, 07:27 PM	#19
Imanz0 Awaiting Email Confirmation Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 404	but it still does some work right?

03/30/2008, 10:01 PM	#20
Imanz0 Awaiting Email Confirmation Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 404	Well, i gave that back to the store for free, (lost $60+), and bought some amazing looking ones that are really good pink/purple looking.

03/30/2008, 10:26 PM	#22
Imanz0 Awaiting Email Confirmation Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 404	In 2 days, neighbor using camra for his project for collage. Freaking taking pictures of flowers, how random.. Btw, how do you feed corals? Do you put all the chemicals in the water, or do you spray it on the actual coral, the guys keep telling me to put it on the coral, so what do people with those big tanks ddo?