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02-06-2007, 04:10 PM
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Bi weekly discussion--Live rock
Live rock!
well we have touched base ( no pun intended) on the various substrates.
So to start off .....
What is Live rock any way?
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02-06-2007, 04:18 PM
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Lost Fish
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Live Rock is the ultimate source of "good" bacteria growth in my opinion.
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02-06-2007, 04:31 PM
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Usually Confused
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Cool rock with cool stuff growing on it. Like cracker jack, a surprise in every rock!!!
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02-06-2007, 04:33 PM
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two good answers....
lets hit those two first..
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Cool rock with cool stuff growing on it
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is it rock?
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02-06-2007, 04:35 PM
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not real rock, but the skeltons of dead corals
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02-06-2007, 04:35 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by tims
two good answers....
lets hit those two first..
is it rock?
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It can be. Although I think actual "live rock" from figi or whatever is coral skeletons
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02-06-2007, 04:40 PM
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Big Fishy
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And it doesn't have to be rock as such. can be artificially made rock-like substance which is put into the sea to be colonised with good bacteria (the denitrifying kind....)
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02-06-2007, 04:43 PM
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Originally Posted by Sambo
And it doesn't have to be rock as such. can be artificially made rock-like substance which is put into the sea to be colonised with good bacteria (the denitrifying kind....)
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GOOD! but hold that thought for a little bit
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02-06-2007, 04:44 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by YLChik
not real rock, but the skeltons of dead corals
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Quote:
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It can be. Although I think actual "live rock" from figi or whatever is coral skeletons
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ladies please stop talk between yourselves! 
Corals huh? why is that?
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02-06-2007, 04:45 PM
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Quote:
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ladies please stop talk between yourselves!
Corals huh? why is that? |
Brilliant minds think alike 
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02-06-2007, 04:46 PM
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Quote:
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Corals huh? why is that?
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Hmm as conditions change in the ocean over time some corals die off and different corals take over
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02-06-2007, 04:50 PM
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Ginourmous waves from storms come crashing in and break the corals!
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02-06-2007, 05:04 PM
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So we have dead corals now considered Live rock.
Sambo,
please continue what you were saying
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02-06-2007, 05:21 PM
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i always thought LR didn't have to be rock altough alot is, but more of a vessal that living organisms have developed into "homes"
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02-06-2007, 05:24 PM
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The real deal isn't even ROCK at all! Is there any benefit to having the "real deal" as opposed to artificially made LR?
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