New at this Salt tank idea.

[ilikethesea]

I am setting up my tank and I have this funky shaped live rock piece. This live rock piece keeps wanting to float to the top of the tank. Can I just anchor it down with base rock or am I doing something wrong?

 

[Ed Reef]

Re: New at this Salt tank idea.

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14827199#post14827199 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by ilikethesea
I am setting up my tank and I have this funky shaped live rock piece. This live rock piece keeps wanting to float to the top of the tank. Can I just anchor it down with base rock or am I doing something wrong?

Live rocks should not float - unless this is some sort of foam rocks??

 

[ilikethesea]

No I think its real live rock. I got it from a gentleman at my school. He talked me into starting a salt tank. It kind of half stopped floating. Now it is in the middle of the tank.

 

[DCartagena]

I agree Live Rock is usually porous but should not float it is still a mineral base and should sustain under water all the time. Perhaps that peice of rock is not rock but some other material mixed in.