Live Rock or dry rock?

[tmccaffery]

I have a redsea Max 170 and about to buy some rock. How much do I need? I used Tampa bay before and amazing rock and I am leaning towards them again. Just got back into hobby again so not sure what to do. I seen caribsea Liferock looks like nice rock but seems almost the price as live rock, lol.

If I do go dry rock, I am guessing need to add stuff like bristleworms, etc or thats not the case.. Just want to do this right..

 

[OldReefGuy]

If you have patience, I would (and have) use mostly dry rock and them add some LR to seed

 

[ScottF83]

I have a redsea Max 170 and about to buy some rock. How much do I need? I used Tampa bay before and amazing rock and I am leaning towards them again. Just got back into hobby again so not sure what to do. I seen caribsea Liferock looks like nice rock but seems almost the price as live rock, lol.

If I do go dry rock, I am guessing need to add stuff like bristleworms, etc or thats not the case.. Just want to do this right..

From my research, around 0.5-1.0 lbs per US gallon but my answer to your question is : both!

Dry rock is usually cheaper, aquascapes can be practiced on outside the water, less die off, no pests, some argue its more ECO friendly, etc

Then add a few pounds of live rock to seed it and add life. But you should, in a perfect world, quarentine the rock for a couple months just in case it contains fish disease cysts or bad pests

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