What type of live rock is this?

BioCuber · 08-18-2008, 02:12 PM

on one of the articles of the reef magazine, they show 3 pictures, picture 3 which has no coraline algae has some really nice looking rock, i was wondering if some one knew the name of it. Here is the article, picture is hard to see.

Reef Hobbyist Magazine Volume 2 Issue 3

reefsandrotts · 08-18-2008, 02:37 PM

Hard to tell but it might be marco rock

BioCuber · 08-18-2008, 03:01 PM

i think your right, i just looked it up and thats the one. I really like this rock and was thinking of using it when i upgrade. Thanks reefsandrotts.

**Deepwater** · 08-18-2008, 03:02 PM

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Originally Posted by reefsandrotts

Hard to tell but it might be marco rock

looks very much like it !

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reefsandrotts · 08-18-2008, 03:35 PM

He will be at the NJRC frag swap

**chase33** · 08-18-2008, 07:08 PM

His rock is awesome. You can even choose the pieces you want. You'll probably get a discount at the frag swap.

**JF2381** · 08-18-2008, 09:18 PM

I bought my rocks from Marc and the NJRC swap last year. The prices where good and he had tons of cherry picked rocks!

BioCuber · 08-19-2008, 08:59 AM

awesome, thanks guys. I did have one more question, if you guys had a choice of two tanks which one would you pick, here are the two choices, they each would cost the same.

1. 58 gal oceanic saltwater aquarium with white shaker stand. operational with 40 lb of live rock, live sand, cpr cs100 overflow, current orbit compact lighting, 15 gal sump/ refugium, 75w fluorescent lamp, coralife 125 gal skimmer, jbj auto top off system with fresh water pump, 1800 gph model 18 mag drive pump, portable refractometer, 3 powerheads, 4 heaters, fresh water storage tank, 35 gal saltwater mix tank, misc.

2. 58 Gallon reef ready oceanic with stand, tide pool sump, live sand, skimmer.

reefsandrotts · 08-19-2008, 10:20 AM

What kind of skimmer on #2?
Remember 1 thing transferring live sand can go either way you might get lucky and not crash the tank or get unlucky and kill everything.Number 1 is a better deal but you need to ask yourself do you want reef ready or not?I personaly love reef ready if and only if the overflow is in the corner I HATE the look of center and offset overflows.

BioCuber · 08-19-2008, 10:36 AM

think he said a sea clone or something cheap. Here is the link to one I'm thinking of, it is located about 20 minutes from me so the move should not take long if i went with this.

58 gal saltwater reef aquarium

reefsandrotts · 08-19-2008, 10:49 AM

I would go for that one just again change out the pc lighting.

BioCuber · 08-19-2008, 10:53 AM

as far as light i would be using a 250 metal halide with two pc's on it totaling 380 watts. That should be ok till i get something better.

reefsandrotts · 08-19-2008, 12:07 PM

That would be fine.Keep the halide and swap the pc for T-5.

ritmar · 08-19-2008, 12:45 PM

That is marco rock in pic three.

BioCuber · 08-28-2008, 11:46 AM

Hey guys, i have a question, i found a post about free live rock but it states the tank it was in was hit with copper a year ago, how bad is this?

here is the post

I have a 220 gallon aquarium from which I'm removing all live rock and sand. The live rock is in reasonable albeit degraded condition, some coraline algae. I had to hit the tank with copper about a year ago, so the rock isn't really worth anything, but it's coming back to life, and for someone with the patience to let it keep getting healthier before adding more sensitive inverts, this rock is a steal. Some of the pieces are show size. I have about 250lbs of live rock and a similar amount of sand, free to good home, some or all, just come and get it.