hypnoj
06/07/2011, 07:02 PM
I have a question for you guys. With my new tank I've been looking at getting dry rock rubble for the sump.
I have some general large pieces of dry base rock laying around, but most of it doesn't have that many holes or perforations in it to give more surface area. I spend a lot of time on BRS's website and I ran across these two items:
Dry rock rubble:
http://www.bulkreefsupply.com/store/dry-rock-rubble.html
Bio-balls:
http://www.bulkreefsupply.com/store/products/miscellaneous/bio-balls-biomedia/marine-pure-ceramic-biomedia-1-50-spheres-2-quart-box.html
The bioballs appealed to me because of the great surface area they have, but the price was more than I wanted to pay (these are actually the cheaper costing ones they have).
Anyways, so I put off buying either and went on vacation to the beach and found these in the sand. I picked a 5 gallon bucket of them. They're shells. I soaked them in bleach water for 1 week and now they're out on my house sidewalk baking in the sun. So... Whatchu guys think? Good idea? Bad idea? I haven't put them in my tank yet, but I'm thinking I might try it. Let the discussion begin.
I have some general large pieces of dry base rock laying around, but most of it doesn't have that many holes or perforations in it to give more surface area. I spend a lot of time on BRS's website and I ran across these two items:
Dry rock rubble:
http://www.bulkreefsupply.com/store/dry-rock-rubble.html
Bio-balls:
http://www.bulkreefsupply.com/store/products/miscellaneous/bio-balls-biomedia/marine-pure-ceramic-biomedia-1-50-spheres-2-quart-box.html
The bioballs appealed to me because of the great surface area they have, but the price was more than I wanted to pay (these are actually the cheaper costing ones they have).
Anyways, so I put off buying either and went on vacation to the beach and found these in the sand. I picked a 5 gallon bucket of them. They're shells. I soaked them in bleach water for 1 week and now they're out on my house sidewalk baking in the sun. So... Whatchu guys think? Good idea? Bad idea? I haven't put them in my tank yet, but I'm thinking I might try it. Let the discussion begin.