Recieved my florida liverock

[coral_lagoon]

Wanted to say thanks to Richard over at Tampa Bay Saltwater. The 35lbs of liverock I got from him was awesome super fresh packed in water and full of life. With that said, if anyone here is looking to buy liverock. Look no further, Richard is the man to contact..

nice coral piece

 

[noahm]

+1 .. I have more weird crap growing on my TBS rock than I've seen on anything else. Very nice and porous/full of holes, though I did have to chase off a few pests. I have probably 100 porcelain crabs of every size that come out when I feed that came on that stuff. Way cool to watch.

 

[coral_lagoon]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=15365268#post15365268 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by noahm
+1 .. I have more weird crap growing on my TBS rock than I've seen on anything else. Very nice and porous/full of holes, though I did have to chase off a few pests. I have probably 100 porcelain crabs of every size that come out when I feed that came on that stuff. Way cool to watch.

Tell me about it. It makes Fiji and Tonga rock look like dead cement, and pictures dont even do any justice..

 

[darkdruid]

I used to manage a LFS and I have ordered and sold literally a thousand pounds of rock from TBS. It has always been great rock with tons of life. The difference is being shipped in water. You pay a little more for shipping but you hardly have any cycle and alot more stuff arrives alive and healthy. After all, without the live part you just have rock.

 

[iFisch]

I hear tons of good stuff from TBS, but I'd like my rock to just be plain covered in corraline. That's it. With all the extra goodies, either you have to pull/scrub/kill it off if you want to place coral there.

With rock just covered in corraline, you don't have to do any "clearing" to play frags/corals.


That's my second complaint about their rock. First, it being much denser than Pacific rock. Otherwise, love that he ships in water, and always does a super job at packaging.

I wish I liked the rock, because he's only a good 65 miles away.

 

[darkdruid]

That's where we are different. I like a tank with as much diversity as possible, not just a box of rocks and sticks. I like being able to look at my tank every day and seeing something new crawling around or sprouting up, not just the rock and the corals I've added. But that's what makes this hobby so cool, the right way to do it is whatever way you like it.

 

[iFisch]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=15370154#post15370154 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by darkdruid
That's where we are different. I like a tank with as much diversity as possible, not just a box of rocks and sticks. I like being able to look at my tank every day and seeing something new crawling around or sprouting up, not just the rock and the corals I've added. But that's what makes this hobby so cool, the right way to do it is whatever way you like it.

Yep.

Now TBS rock would be sick in a FOWLR aggressive tank (lions, triggers, etc.)

But for mixed reefs, I don't want to use the space on the rock already growing something in it's place. You know? I just like being able to put corals where "I" want to, not where the rock tells me.


Anywho, TBS is still great rock. And would be my #1 recommendation for an aggressive FOWLR tank, that's for sure.

 

[Untamed12]

Love the TBS rock and have it in my own tank.

...you know that those sponges don't like being out of the water for those photographs, right? Keep them submerged as much as possible.

Most of my yellow ball sponges have lived almost 3 years in the tank now. Try to keep them shaded.

Also...the rocks will have a very distinct "up" and "down" orientation. This makes aquascaping more of a challenge, but if you put a rock in the wrong orientation, you'll kill many things that either liked light or disliked light.

 

[VacavilleFC3S]

that rock is amazing, makes me want to buy 50 lbs and switch some of mine out