diy rock

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I've seen a lot of people asking about this lately but stupid me, I haven't followed. The reason I'm bringing this up is because we are buying a house in the spring so after that I am building a bigger tank, most likely a 120 and don't what to spend a $1000 on live rock as that more then likely wont be in my budget with shingles water heaters or what ever else may come up. I have thought about diy rock for some time but never asked about it. I think if its a feasible idea it would be ideal cause I have an image for the aquascape that I more then likely won't be able to create with LR. Now since the budget would be tighter my plan is to make up all the rock and then let it cure for 4-6 months with some live rock in a bin while I accumulate and build the tank. This would allow the rock time to leech out crap and seed and possibly even get some coralline growth on it.

Anyway, if anyone has experience with this I would love some insight and direction on it as I need to soak up all I can if I want to dive into this, and your help is greatly appreciated.


Thanks as always