So is this considered live rock?

[Milad]

Im building a 180g tank and im starting to look for some rock. Is this stuff considered live rock? What is the downside of buying reefer rock? How much would I need of this for a 180g tank?

[NU-2reef]

just buy the dry rock and seed it with a few pieces of live rock. will save you a ton of money. soon all wil become live. saves you from also hunting down pests.

[EcoReefer]

Nu-2reef is correct.

Live rock is and has to be wet rock with living organisims on and in it.

Typically we recommend 1/4 live rock (wet, seed rock) and 3/4 dry rock. Over time the organisims on the live rock will populate the dry rock and at some point you won't be able to tell which was your live and which was the dry rock you started with.

Downside of Reefer-Rock is that its slightly more heavy then a rock like Fiji and you have to wait for it to become live. The upsides are that its alot cheaper, very easy to aquascape with, no hitchikers, no organics etc etc etc

For a 180 gallon tank I would recommend 125lbs of Reefer Rock and 30-40lbs of a live seed rock.

We have about 1000lbs of Reefer Rock in a live form but due to shipping costs we have decided only sell the live rock locally in Kitchener/Waterloo (would need to be shipped priority overnight which would bring the price to around $6-7/lb). We sell the live Reefer Rock out of our outlet for $4/lb and our live Fiji for $4.50/lb

[freddy]

that price is still way better than 10.00 a pound I paid in the kootneys a few years ago.

[sitandwatch]

I just bought some and really like it, I would buy it again.

[Milad]

Well thats convenient. I bought 35lbs of live fiji rock from someone for $45 on craiglist. So now All i gota do is buy 125lbs of reefer? nice!