Dry/Ceramic/Specialty Rocks-- where do I buy?

[S Helinski]

Hi Everyone,

I have acquired a tank for my new place in El Paso! I don't even have a chair yet, but I now have a Solana!

I saw an amazing ceramic man-made rock at ARC, originally from Cerameco, but I think that company went out of business...

Any suggestions on where to buy ridiculously cool man-made rocks? I'd love to get an amazing piece or two, place it in the Solana, and let it be colonized...

I've heard of Marco Rocks, but aren't they just random boulders and shelves?

What other companies do this?

Where can i find amazing pieces?

Thanks,

Steve

 

[tmz]

Hi Steve, Good to hear from you. Bulk Reef Supply sells dry rock in different shapes and sizes, you can pick the type: slab, etc. Ceramic rock sounds nice. Stay safe.

 

[belgian_waffleman]

The BRS table rocks are awesome. I just bought some dry rock from them, including a nice table rock.

Regards,

 

[teamdulski]

Welcome to the cool kid club Steve.

 

[HanoverFist]

Do a forum/google search for "DIY Live Rock". You may also want to look into what you can do with pond spray foam.

But back to your original idea, all you need is someone with a kiln, and preferably a good solid knowledge of ceramics, to make your own ceramic rock. Isn't anything special. And it is considered to be pretty porous compared to other options.

 

[GQuinn]

This place sells some, but it can get expensive.

http://www.aquariumspecialty.com/catalog/index.php?cPath=146_237

Gary

 

[ming81]

Hey Steve. Long time no see/talk.

I bought Marco rocks before. They're nice, light, and porous, except I got bored of it because all the rocks look like honeycomb where they all have like 1/2" - 1" holes everywhere like extremely large termites chewed them up. Although still are nice fwiw. I especially like the Marco rocks as large frag plugs. Marco rocks are rather soft where it doesn't take much effort using fragging shears to cut through them.

BRS also sells a bunch of different types of rocks. My latest purchase was buying 100# of Tonga rocks. They're actually real tonga and you can see the dead coral polyp skeleton. I'm not sure how they got them, but they're really cool especially since the import is banned. Just gotta keep in mind Tonga is extra heavy and the skeleton is sharper then your regular live rock and can easily cut/scrap you. Tonga feels as heavy as glass, and actually sounds like glass when the rocks bang against each other while still dry.

Have fun in El Paso!