chazbier
Active member
I had to down scale my tank to a twenty gallon since I've moved into a condo. My old tank had Fiji live rock in it, which I sold. I've been dong some research on aquacultured live rock and found a place with the initials TBS that seems really good. Also the best fish store in town here changed from selling fiji rock to Carribean Aquacultured live rock about a year and a half ago so I can't get Fiji unless I order it. My question is how many people have had success with the aquacultured rock. Also will this Carribean rock mix with species from the pacific well? What about hitchhikers and organisms that may be detrimental to the reef being part of the aquacultured rock? I suppose there is less of a die off on the aquacultured because it doesn't travel all the way from the Pacific, but does this mean things I don't want will survive. Also I assume water temps change to a greater degree off of Florida than in the Pacific Ocean, does this mean I should buy the rock at a certain time of the year? Whew! I have so many questions about the aquacultured rock please let me know any tips, any information those of you may have that have had success with this type of rock. I also wonder about the issue of reefs being destroyed for my consumer needs vs. Aquacultured. But that's another thread.