Do you use any man-made rock in your tank?

[Electrobes]

I am curious to see how many of y'all use any man-made rock, be it actual rock pieces or even rock walls, etc. When I say man-made I mean anything created not by nature, but by human hand.

Kinda curious to see what percentage of the members do use it. Please, by all means, post your opinion of why or why not.. I'd love to hear it.

 

[dailydriven911]

Yep I'm using 90% marco rocks and the rest is fully cured to seed it.

 

[brandyrb]

I don't. Never tried to make my own rocks before, but I saw an article on Garf's site about it a long time ago.

 

[MGDMIRAGE]

What other rock is safe? isn't Lace rock safe? I was thinking about putting some of that in my tank.

 

[morgan]

i have seen a few tanks with man made rock normally a concreat based mixture with dead rock in it to make "lock spots" for other rocks to sit in so i dont really know how to answer
not yet i guess

 

[Electrobes]

dailydriven: Marco rocks is man-made?

Brandy: I remember that article, but haven't seen much activity from GARF in a while now.

MDMirage:I am not sure if Lace rock is safe.. I know I've seen it for sale as marine rock, but I thought I read a warning about its usage.

 

[jake65]

Marco rocks are not man made, they are just dead dry rock from what I understand.

 

[Electrobes]

Okay I was about to say... they do some ridiculously excellent work if they had been man-made! :lol:

 

[DonW]

I like the frag rocks that I got from the filter guys. They look ok and function well. Those are the only ones ive tried.

Don

 

[Pentagona]

I use a lot of Lace rock....about 50%, but no man made.

 

[returnofsid]

I currently have a piece of man made rock in one tank and I am starting to think it is the origin of the Dinoflaggaletts I recently battled with....Grrrr. It's a beautiful Arch too. Dinos are now under control, but it's got me wondering.

In the past, I've used Tufa Stone in a reef tank, but no other man made rock. I've knocked around the idea of trying my hand at making some, someday.

 

[Electrobes]

return: Do you know what was used to make that arch or how long it was kured for?

 

[returnofsid]

I do not know what was used to make it, nor how long it cured before I got it. But I let it cure for several months before using it. It's still in a tank and no longer causing any problems at all. I do know that I drilled some holes in it, to accommodate frag plugs and it's very dense "rock." I also know that it was "aquacultured" in Hawaii after being "created."

 

[Electrobes]

Hmm interesting. I was hoping to find out the aggregates.. find out the cause of the problems. I'm glad to hear they've gone away though.

 

[dailydriven911]

Marco rocks are not man made, they are just dead dry rock from what I understand.

Hmm I guess it's misleading because on their site it says it's never collected from a living reef made from natural calcium carbonate? I guess I just assumed it was...thanks for clarifying.

http://www.marcorocks.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=62&HS=1

 

[marlinmero]

Bulk reef supply sells some man made rock. aragonite and concrete. thought about gettin some of that

 

[Electrobes]

Yeah that stuff is mined instead of pulled from the ocean. Looks interesting.

 

[marlinmero]

and theres another kind i have seen. i saw them making it on youtube. its aragonite and concrete. looks kind cool and easy to make

 

[DonW]

Just aragocrete but it can be a real pain.

Don

 

[marlinmero]

yeah there we go. its a hard to make huh? is it safe and all?