Anybody know of these guys for live rock

[zaireguy]

Hi
has any one gotten anything or know of these guys
http://abcreefrock.com/live-rock.htm
thanks
Ron

 

[Green Mariner]

I have never purchased from them but their prices are very high, and they are selling clean up kits which I don't quite understand. They recommend 5 horseshoe crabs for a 75 gal. tank?????????

HTH

 

[reefsRcool]

never used or heard of these guys but i wouldn't if i were you. for what you get they want alot of money. caribbean rock isn't anything to get excited about IMHO. I got my first 65lb of rock from gulfview it had amazing life and color but the shape and density was disapointing to be kind i am thinking that these guys are about the same maybe worse as the pics on there websight arn't that impressive. have you checked out

http://www.anchofish.com/live_rock.htm

for about the same money you can get some really nice looking pieces. i would consider using aquacultured rock for base to add biodiversity, but would stick with something porous where posible. i know i have read alot on this board about people making there own and seeding it with a couple pounds but i have never seen that approach look right in the end. to all those with a mind to flame that statment put up your pics and i would be more then happy to recant that statment if it looks decent.

 

[2poor2reef]

I have never ordered from this vendor so I know nothing about them. $4/lb with free shipping for cured rock (if I read that correctly) is not overly expensive though.

Personally, I would never put either sand sifting stars or horseshoe crabs in my reef tank as part of a clean-up crew. But that's just my opinion.

 

[SPC]

Posted by reefsRcool:

i would consider using aquacultured rock for base to add biodiversity,

-Why would you do this? The aquacultured rock I have purchased has been covered with life (including hard corals).
Steve

 

[reefsRcool]

that is exactly why i would get some. mine was chock full of life. as i understand too some of the life would be things not avalable from pacific rock. that is why i would want it for the biodiversity. but in my opinion it is ugly rock. out of the 65lb i got one piece that i think looks cool. the rest is very cinderblockish. i was just suggesting another more visually apealing rock for upper layers.

 

[Ritteri&Bubbles]

Never been impressed with aquacultured rock from the Carribean myself. For our small ecosystems I think rock should be very porous to increase overall surface area for our biological filtration. Figi and other Pacific rock can also have encrusting corals but I personally dont buy it for that(though its always a nice surprise of course), I buy it for filtration and decor in which light porous rock I feel is superior for our needs.