WTB: base/dead rock in alberta

Quinn · #1 04-13-2003, 03:05 AM

still debating the tufa versus base rock thing, but i suppose since i can afford it, i may as well play it safe. if you've got some rock lying around, let me know what you want for it (free in exchange for future considerations would be cool).

EmilyB · #2 04-13-2003, 03:06 AM

Some of us won't live that long.....

Quinn · #3 04-13-2003, 03:13 AM

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Originally Posted by EmilyB

Some of us won't live that long.....

ah don't be so hard on yourself. think of it this way, the sooner i get rock into my tank, the sooner i can get livestock!

AJ_77 · #4 04-13-2003, 03:18 AM

Maybe you could write the future considerations into your will...

Buccaneer · #5 04-13-2003, 05:33 AM

Since Tufa when covered in coraline is supposed to look just like live rock then what exactly does base rock look like ? ...

Cheers

AJ_77 · #6 04-13-2003, 05:49 AM

Reef rock:

http://www.jlaquatics.com/cgi-bin/sh...logno=cs-rrock

Buccaneer · #7 04-13-2003, 05:52 AM

I should have been clearer ... sort of a rhetorical question really ... if that base rock is supposed to look like my live rock in my tank now when it is covered in coraline then how bad could Tufa really be ( I did see that pic before on J&L's site

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Cheers

AJ_77 · #8 04-13-2003, 05:58 AM

Fair enough - but there were so many people in another thread that couldn't find that page, it was getting ridiculous...

I guess a person would have to try the tufa and see what becomes of it over time - looks like teevee will be our guinea pig.

I think the arguments against its use put forward by StirCrazy were persuasive enough, even without my bias against less-than-natural materials, even if they are close. I'd hate to be kicking myself in the @ss down the road if I had to dig out my base rock and put something better in.

Quinn · #9 04-13-2003, 06:01 AM

yeah it's a real toss-up. i'm kinda at the point that if i can get base rock for cheap, i'll use it, otherwise i'll go with tufa. i'm not concerned about the look of tufa, because it will quickly get covered in coraline, but i am concerned about the minerals in it spurring algae outbreaks. jon uses it with no troubles, but kari was thinking today that ross used tufa and had problems...

Buccaneer · #10 04-13-2003, 06:06 AM

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Originally Posted by AJ_77

Fair enough - but there were so many people in another thread that couldn't find that page, it was getting ridiculous...

Hey hey hey ... I resemble that remark

... I wuz one of those that could not find it too LOL

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Originally Posted by AJ_77

I guess a person would have to try the tufa and see what becomes of it over time - looks like teevee will be our guinea pig.

Oh he might be leaning the other way too ... maybe ... maybe not

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Originally Posted by AJ_77

I think the arguments against its use put forward by StirCrazy were persuasive enough, even without my bias against less-than-natural materials, even if they are close. I'd hate to be kicking myself in the @ss down the road if I had to dig out my base rock and put something better in.

I guess if it was snow white there should be no trouble but it is a risk either way ... heck if J&L will give us a break on shipping then maybe teevee and I should order some ? ... wadda ya say bud ? ... wimped out on ya on the kanai and got it local but fear of tearing my reef down is making me think that base rock is the more logical solution

EDIT ... actually it would qualify as dry goods and entitled to free shipping right ?

Cheers