i found some online tutorials for making your own LR. the one that i agreed with most called for mixing 6 parts aragonite with 1 part portland cement. the full instructions and curing process is located in the link below.
link for instructions
so would this work as well as LR from the ocean, or even work better? with the LR you purchase that's been pulled, it's a huge process to clean it and cure it. you have to remove alot of little hitchhikers before placing the rock in your tank. if you made your OWN LR though, it wouldn't have any of the unwanted hitchhikers. from what i have read, i understand that aragonite sand has bacteria in a thin coating on each grain, which helps build up an appropriate bio ecosystem in your tank after a period of time. so since in the instructions from the link above you would be mixing aragonite with portland cement, you would have all that good bacteria for the LR after the cement sets and your rock is ready to cure/use.
BASICALLY, i am asking for educated advice on whether this is a good option (since i can make the shapes i want the rock to be rather than hunt for shapes at fish stores) or whether the rock is going to be as useless as fake rock.
link for instructions
so would this work as well as LR from the ocean, or even work better? with the LR you purchase that's been pulled, it's a huge process to clean it and cure it. you have to remove alot of little hitchhikers before placing the rock in your tank. if you made your OWN LR though, it wouldn't have any of the unwanted hitchhikers. from what i have read, i understand that aragonite sand has bacteria in a thin coating on each grain, which helps build up an appropriate bio ecosystem in your tank after a period of time. so since in the instructions from the link above you would be mixing aragonite with portland cement, you would have all that good bacteria for the LR after the cement sets and your rock is ready to cure/use.
BASICALLY, i am asking for educated advice on whether this is a good option (since i can make the shapes i want the rock to be rather than hunt for shapes at fish stores) or whether the rock is going to be as useless as fake rock.
