Is there a a way to culture your own live rocks?

Well iam extremely new, so when you stop laughing, I still want to know is there a simple way to culter your own live rock instead of buying $1000 worth of sea culterd rocks?

 

Not really. But you can buy mostly dry rock, and a few pieces of live rock, then the dry rock will turn live over time if they are in the tank together. In a 120 gallon tank, you are better off saving your money and buying mostly dry rock. That's as close to culturing it yourself as you can get.

 

As Biff said, you dont need to get 100% Live rock, since it is about 5 bucks on average more expensive than dry.
Instead maybe do a 25% live, 75% dry. Cuts down on the price much more.

 

You can always make your own rocks, like I have $25 worth of ingredients for a ton of rocks. The drawback is you do have to cure it for at least 3-6 months. :mrgreen:

 

Or in Wonton's case, 3 to 6 years!

 

Hahaha, was totally going to go down the route, until I heard of the time frame!

 

Point is I did it!! :Cheers:

Which reminds me, I do have a tub of rocks that I just finished curing that I need to rinse and put in my tank LOL!!!!!

 

Thats awesome!