live rock?

clownlover · 08-07-2007, 11:07 PM

i think my friend is getting ripped off. she is getting tank built, the proposal called for live tonga branch. i went to see her tank and it had a really unique arrangement of tonga branch but it was completely white. i thought it looked like base rock. so i asked her to ask the guy if it was live or base and she did, he said it was live. ive been in this hobby a lil while but i thought i knew what live rock looks like, it has color and stuff right?? could this rock be live and white in color??

reefman · 08-07-2007, 11:44 PM

tonga branch

clownlover · 08-08-2007, 12:01 AM

GREAT LINK! thank u. do u guys know what tonga branch typcally goes for per pound

reefman · 08-08-2007, 12:42 AM

i've seen prices ranged $4-$9.
depends mostly on:
how many lbs
condition of the branches
LFS/online/private
how desperate the seller

chazertis · 08-08-2007, 01:20 AM

if its completely white then it may be base rock thats been seeded in a tank with other live rock?

clownlover · 08-11-2007, 12:34 PM

but to really get good seeding wouldnt it have to have been in the water awhile thus giving it some kinda color other than bleach white?

meschaefer · 08-12-2007, 12:43 PM

It may have been stored in the dark. Coralline would bleach, but as long as it was submerged it would still be "live". I have rock now that is "live" but I have had in submerged in a closed container and it is pure white.

or...

She was ripped off.

crox99 · 08-12-2007, 12:57 PM

When I rearranged my aquascape the rocks that were completely covered were white so like meschaefer said it might have been stored in a dark tank.

dickenscd · 08-14-2007, 12:37 AM

I have couple hundreds pounds of liverocks (including tonga) sitting in the dark sump for 15 years, and they are all white.

James

08-07-2007, 11:07 PM	#1
clownlover Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: brooklyn Posts: 316 Reefer Ratings: (5) Friends: (1)	live rock? i think my friend is getting ripped off. she is getting tank built, the proposal called for live tonga branch. i went to see her tank and it had a really unique arrangement of tonga branch but it was completely white. i thought it looked like base rock. so i asked her to ask the guy if it was live or base and she did, he said it was live. ive been in this hobby a lil while but i thought i knew what live rock looks like, it has color and stuff right?? could this rock be live and white in color??

08-07-2007, 11:44 PM	#2
reefman Chairman of the board Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: queens Posts: 3,306 Reefer Ratings: (27) Friends: (0)	tonga branch __________________ GlobalLionDancer-Premier Internet provider of Chinese Southern Lion Dance Equipment!

08-08-2007, 12:42 AM	#4
reefman Chairman of the board Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: queens Posts: 3,306 Reefer Ratings: (27) Friends: (0)	i've seen prices ranged $4-$9. depends mostly on: how many lbs condition of the branches LFS/online/private how desperate the seller __________________ GlobalLionDancer-Premier Internet provider of Chinese Southern Lion Dance Equipment!

08-08-2007, 01:20 AM	#5
chazertis DDS Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: WAY upper westside manhattan Posts: 798 Reefer Ratings: (21) Friends: (1)	if its completely white then it may be base rock thats been seeded in a tank with other live rock? __________________ be the flame not the moth http://www.manhattanreefs.com/forum/...uare-tank.html

08-12-2007, 12:43 PM	#7
meschaefer One to Ignore Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Astoria Posts: 2,510 Reefer Ratings: (14) Friends: (3)	It may have been stored in the dark. Coralline would bleach, but as long as it was submerged it would still be "live". I have rock now that is "live" but I have had in submerged in a closed container and it is pure white. or... She was ripped off. __________________ Matt When you pay too much, you lose a little money, that's all When you pay too little, you sometimes lose everything, because the thing you bought was incapable of doing the thing it was bought to do. John Ruskin (1819-1900)

08-08-2007, 12:01 AM	#3
clownlover Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: brooklyn Posts: 316 Reefer Ratings: (5) Friends: (1)	GREAT LINK! thank u. do u guys know what tonga branch typcally goes for per pound

08-11-2007, 12:34 PM	#6
clownlover Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: brooklyn Posts: 316 Reefer Ratings: (5) Friends: (1)	but to really get good seeding wouldnt it have to have been in the water awhile thus giving it some kinda color other than bleach white?

08-12-2007, 12:57 PM	#8
crox99 Audi Sport Join Date: May 2005 Location: Brooklyn, Marine Park Posts: 5,295 Reefer Ratings: (49) Friends: (6)	When I rearranged my aquascape the rocks that were completely covered were white so like meschaefer said it might have been stored in a dark tank. __________________ Veni, Vidi, Vinci

08-14-2007, 12:37 AM	#9
dickenscd Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Great Neck Posts: 91 Reefer Ratings: (2) Friends: (6)	I have couple hundreds pounds of liverocks (including tonga) sitting in the dark sump for 15 years, and they are all white. James

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