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When building a new setup which do you prefer?

Live rock
10 (45.5%)
Dry rock
12 (54.5%)

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Offline FishT@nkKid

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Dry rock or live rock?
« on: September 10, 2011, 05:10:54 PM »
I bought my rock today from http://www.bulkreefsupply.com for my 29 gal. This is the first time i've bought dry rock and there seems to be a fair amount of benefits. (to me at least)

Tell us what you think and why!  :D
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Re: Dry rock or live rock?
« Reply #1 on: September 10, 2011, 05:41:25 PM »
I used Marco rock. I love it. Clean no die off. Extremely Porous compared to the live rock I've seen. The more porous the better for filtration.
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Re: Dry rock or live rock?
« Reply #2 on: September 10, 2011, 06:23:19 PM »
Any pics?
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Re: Dry rock or live rock?
« Reply #3 on: September 10, 2011, 07:10:46 PM »
Live sand, some live rock, and faux rock for me.
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Re: Dry rock or live rock?
« Reply #4 on: September 11, 2011, 09:14:17 AM »
I use dry rock mainly to shave money.  My reef is 80% dry and u can't tell the difference
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Re: Dry rock or live rock?
« Reply #5 on: September 11, 2011, 10:06:12 AM »
+1 50+lbs dry Marco. I used 2 live pieces about 7 lbs total to seed.
One of the live pieces is in the far right corner of the 3rd pic. From the top.
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Re: Dry rock or live rock?
« Reply #6 on: September 11, 2011, 10:07:39 AM »




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Re: Dry rock or live rock?
« Reply #7 on: September 19, 2011, 01:22:15 PM »
i like both i like dry rock because you can drill and epoxy to make cool aquascapes but live rock is very benificial if it is good quality so i would always have a little bit of live rock to seed the dry rock
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Re: Dry rock or live rock?
« Reply #8 on: September 19, 2011, 01:42:22 PM »
Got Manado live rock from premium aquatics about 4 months ago along with about 50% dry rock for 135 gal set up. As of now still seeing new macro's and inverts on allmost a daily basis. Expensive but in my book worth it.
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Re: Dry rock or live rock?
« Reply #9 on: September 19, 2011, 06:47:56 PM »
Quote from: Munroreefer on September 19, 2011, 01:42:22 PM
Got Manado live rock from premium aquatics about 4 months ago along with about 50% dry rock for 135 gal set up. As of now still seeing new macro's and inverts on allmost a daily basis. Expensive but in my book worth it.
any pics?
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