Reef Balls for 210

[carlosngloria]

I was thinking about ordering some reef balls and reef cakes for my 210. They are pretty good price, cheaper than live rock, I will be adding some live rock also but I want to use the reef balls and cakes for the foundation of the display. Any body think its a good idea or bad?

 

[REDDAWG43]

Is there there a website to read more about these reef cakes and balls? Sounds interesting....

 

[illal]

ive never heard of them...what are they for?

 

[carlosngloria]

reefball. org they make them to help the oceans reefs that have been damaged. But I found a guy in st. cloud fl that makes them small for tanks.

 

[racermike27]

I don't see them as being a problem. Just ensure they are cured long enough so as not to leach anything into the water later on down the line. They do look interesting! The only downfall I see IMO is that they really do look artificial; they don't really have a natural look to them but they do look neat all the same!!
These could work as a good foundation for other pieces of LR!

 

[cubano2480]

were i can see this reef cakes I want to see it

 

[carlosngloria]

they were on Dirty Jobs today. On discovery channel

 

[ninjamini]

I have to wonder if they work good in the ocean due to its water volume but in a small reef like the ones we keep its going to poison it.

 

[REDDAWG43]

Well that depends on the material and if they are cured 100% before using them. Many people in Reef Central have posted how thay make thier own rocks to get the shape that they want.

I would just so lots of reasearch into the material they use to make them and the whole curing process to make sure they let to cure 100% before using.

 

[illal]

id rather stick to what has worked for me and leave the experimenting to the scientists

 

[REDDAWG43]

I agree with you Illal but each to thier own....
But also remember everything that has worked you now...at some point someone had to take a chance and try it.

 

[sonic]

A lot of the Fiji LR available now is actually artificial, there was a thread a while back with pictures of one of the facilities and process of making LR. The purple on the rock is not Coraline, is purple coloring in the concrete.