Hi guys - New to this site but have accumulated 7 years reef keeping experience on 2 different continents - Europe UK and Asia -China where I currently live and work
I have read a number of threads on this site over last week or so and have found an interesting point of difference with regard rock used in reef building
In UK and now in China most reef tanks are built up fully consisting of live rock , Fiji is the preference
I have noticed 2 or 3 threads on this site that ocean rock (Tuffa I think we call it) is often used in the states as the basis of the reef with live rock on top of that
and in a seperate thread I notice the advocation of the purchase of dead rock to go into a tank containing live rock thus it may be seeded
Just wondering is this a common practice or do most of the reefers on this site prefer 100% live rock and utilise that combined with good flow and good skimming as the basis for biological filration?
I am aiming to get an insight into what for me is a different school of thought?
Sorry its a long one - I wont do it again
Steve
I have read a number of threads on this site over last week or so and have found an interesting point of difference with regard rock used in reef building
In UK and now in China most reef tanks are built up fully consisting of live rock , Fiji is the preference
I have noticed 2 or 3 threads on this site that ocean rock (Tuffa I think we call it) is often used in the states as the basis of the reef with live rock on top of that
and in a seperate thread I notice the advocation of the purchase of dead rock to go into a tank containing live rock thus it may be seeded
Just wondering is this a common practice or do most of the reefers on this site prefer 100% live rock and utilise that combined with good flow and good skimming as the basis for biological filration?
I am aiming to get an insight into what for me is a different school of thought?
Sorry its a long one - I wont do it again
Steve