Live Rock Aquascape

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Live rock aquascape.

We maintain a massive selection of aquascaping rocks for sale in our warehouse. Your live rock or rock aquascape is literally the very foundation of your reef tank. Some people add egg crate or some other material to the bottom of their aquarium to protect the glass. Here are some helpful tips to make the task easier and faster.

Of course much of what looks good will be determined by the shapes of your particular pieces of rocks. This method gives you a stacked look with all of the benefits of cementing and none of the downfalls associated with the previous two methods. It can be much more expensive to establish an aquarium using live rock as opposed to artificial aquascaping. We continuously update photos of rocks that are available for purchase in our online store.

Soaking previously live rock in a solution of bleach or acid is a much safer and effective method of removing organic material from live rock. Aquascaping with live rock. Drilling live rock is my preferred method of aquascaping a saltwater aquarium. This will give your rock a solid footing that won t shift.

It consists of drilling holes into the rock and stacking them on an acrylic fiberglass or plastic rod in a desirable shape. Arranging your live rock or rock aquascape can be easier than you think. What s more each photo represents exactly the rock or set of rocks you order. Always do this stuff outdoors.

When placing rock you ll want to put it into your aquarium before any sand or other substrate. Here we discuss live rock and reef tank aquascapes. But dry rocks make it possible to assemble your reef structure in an empty tank or even outside the tank so you have the opportunity to reconfigure it as many times as you. Aquascaping rocks for sale at modern aquarium.

You can use simple dry rock or base rock if you introduce it in the correct manner but it will take longer to realize the same benefits as bacteria will have to develop. Arranging the live rock in your saltwater aquarium can be frustrating.