Very nice rock
 

I just thought i would say that I am very happy with the reefer rock that I recieved. I just ordered another 50 pounds because it was so nice I will be recomending your rock to others.

where did you order it from? and what is the cost?

pics?

Have a look where the thread is posted.:wink:

http://www.eco-reefer.com/

Yeah! Any pics!? I've been thinking about ordering 100 pounds of the reefer rocks myself.

Ditto on the picture request...will be looking for 100lbs soon myself.

This is 50 pounds, 2 are darker because i grabbed them out of my tank quickly for the picture

Damn! Those are niiiiiiiiiiiiice rocks! Going to place an order now!

Thanks for the nice comments. Reefer Rock is not only a great rock for its bio-filtering capability but a very nice looking rock as you can see with the pictures in this thread and the ones on the website.

The rock is fairly consistent from piece to piece in its characteristics. You can't go wrong by using a natural calcium carbonate rock that was formed by an ancient coral reef (geologically young compared to some of the dry rock that have been sold in the hobby over the years).

Can you give us an idea of how dense it is?

I bought "reef rock" at a store. Even though it was 3.50/lb, the pieces were SOLID rock with nice holes. I think it was comparable to texas holey rock (for any african cichlid fans out there).

3.50 - A nice sized piece of rock was about 2.75lb
6.99 - A piece of fiji premium (approx same volume/size) would have been 2b lb
2.99 - Tuffa rock (similar size) would have been 1.5lb
3.99 - Petrified rock (for reference, i'm sure you've seen this stuff) would be like 5-6lb!

Reefer Rock is typically slightly more dense then typical Fiji Rock (some pieces more some pieces less) - Fiji is full of macro/micro pores while Reefer Rock is full of holes and crevices from 1mm to 1inch in size. I would say on average that a 3lb piece of Fiji would equate to a 3.5lb piece of equal sized Reefer Rock.

Just as a quick sample see the following.

thanks for the reference.

I'm keep eco reef rock in mind when I setup a tank for my brother.

Is this rock mined in Canada?

No, it is mined from a quarry in the US (far south). There is natural calcium carbonate rock available in Canada but due to its geological age its way too dense to be used as a reef suitable rock. The Reefer Rock is from an ancient coral reef estimated to be around 100,000 years old. Just for reference whats in Canada is millions of years old and therefore more compressed, more dense.

Thanks. I was just curious.:smile:

I just got my 1st box, and will be ordering more later this week.
Very nice clean looking rock.

Just got my first shipment of Reefer Rocks today and they are AMAZING!!! I don't think the postal worker was too happy with having to lift a 50lb box to my door first thing Monday morning. He was pretty grumpy... Anyway, I can't believe how porious the rocks are and the fact that they smell like condensed milk is a nice change from the foul stench of live rocks. Thanks Torsten for hand selecting the rocks! I'll be ordering another box asap and will post some pics of my rocks shortly.

You should see the looks I get when I have to drop shipments off at the post office. The one girl tends to go on break now when I walk through the door, I wonder why :)

All kidding aside, I'm glad you like the rock RIPTANK. I can't wait to see pictures of your system (and all the others who bought rock) when its up and running.