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texas57
04/29/2009, 09:45 PM
I am looking into setting up a saltwater tank and I was wondering if anyone had any ideas as to save some money with putting live rock in it. I don't know if it would be worth it or not to buy a few pounds of cured rock and a few pounds of rock that has not been cured to put in a new tank? Or if I should buy all cured rock? Where is a good place to buy some rock that would work? I am thinking about setting up a 30 gallon tank.
thegrun
04/29/2009, 09:55 PM
You can use a mix of live and "dead" rock, it may take a bit longer to cycle, but it is fine to use a combination of dead and live rock when starting a tank.
BurntOutReefer
04/29/2009, 09:57 PM
if you are looking into saving, use lace rock as your base rock and throw som elive overit....give it a couple of months, and it will become "alive".
texas57
04/29/2009, 10:09 PM
Do you have any recommendations where to buy dead rock?
TwentyTwenty
04/29/2009, 10:19 PM
You can buy dead rock at a few good places. Such as, Bulk Reef supply or Marco Rocks. Good place to buy your live rock is Yourreef.com. Hope this helps. Anyway a few places to start with.
texas57
04/29/2009, 10:25 PM
thanks
11bubblyspinay74
04/29/2009, 11:46 PM
My friend said to use marco rock. It is a lot cheaper. He got it for $2 a lb shipped. Looks nice too. He actually got it from a seller on ebay.

Also you can check the forum to see if anyone is selling their rock or even craigslist.
sminker
04/29/2009, 11:59 PM
craigslist is freakin awesome for salt water stuff.

bought a 2 year old 75 gallon tank for $180. It came with a skimmer, nice prefab sump, 2 pumps, RR tank, current 48" 4 bulb PC lighting, and about 80-90lbs of live rock. it was some NICE rock too. lots of coraline and tons of holes, pretty sure it was some really mature fiji.

i just bought it for the live rock. sold the rest on craigslist for a profit :)
VacavilleFC3S
04/30/2009, 12:01 AM
if your purchasing rock online, you can find live rock for $3.00/lb. cheapest i found dry rock is 2.70lb.
texas57
05/04/2009, 10:22 PM
Does anyone know anything about the BRS reef saver rock from bulk reef supply?
Reefgo
05/05/2009, 09:12 AM
I bought the Eco rock from bulk reef and it's great. Pretty light with nice holes.