Reef Rock and Live Rock Question

[Biertrinker]

Has anyone had success using coral skeleton/reef rock as a base then populating it by the addition of live rock? I am trying to cut costs, and I see that I could get a large amount of "reef rock" from Carib Sea for pretty cheap.

This is the specific rock I am talking about
Aquarium | Colored Freshwater Gravel | Reef Rock - 50 lbs - CR0013 - ThatPetPlace.com

I was thinking of using 50 lbs of that rock with 5-10 lbs live rock.

-Brian

 

[jermpool]

Seeding base rock with a few pounds of live rock is pretty common practice. It should work just fine.

 

[Bifferwine]

I second that.

 

[JellyMan]

Live Rock is created by companies taking limestone out of a quarry dumping it in the ocean waiting and harvesting it after it seeds they cant harvest real live rock so they make there own for sell.