It is the real thing....
I have been doing this since 1975...and I have been all over the world in the last 20 years....looking for good sources of rock that will work.
To have a good host the rock must be coral rock....IE...old reef.....as the organisms will not fall out and colonize just any substrate, not effectively that is...
I have tried everything on the planet that I could get my hands on and transport for it's origin....to the aquaculture site. From Trinidad...Mexico...the islands.. Italy...Africa...and more..
This substrate it the most amazing I have ever obtained....it is the best I have found or seen....in the world....as it is not only aesthetic, but effective on allowing a proper host for marine life to adhere, and grow on. It developed coralines on it in less that three weeks in the wild.....and after six months in the water...it has shown incredible growth.
But as anything else...once popular...it becomes harder to obtain...and the permitting process for export is deepening....
Richard TBS
