Tuffa in sump??

prosnow · #1 07-10-2005, 06:22 PM

a friend of mine told me i can put tuffa in my sump insted of buying liverock for it? anyone ever done this? or should i just buy the live rock i wont need to much anyways

mr_alberta · #2 07-10-2005, 06:39 PM

You can use Tufa as far as I know. Its just that Tufa is heavy, usually ugly and not very porous.

martym · #3 07-10-2005, 06:47 PM

I think you are thinking of something other than tuffa. I have it in my fresh water tank. Very porus, light. It also makes a good base rock for you main tank. Will help keep you Ph up, and is cheaper than LR. Of course this is IMO

Willow · #4 07-10-2005, 07:32 PM

you dont actually need any live rock in your sump.

prosnow · #5 07-11-2005, 02:07 AM

so what do u guys have in ur sump? i'm leaning towards live rock

Johnny Reefer · #6 07-11-2005, 02:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by prosnow

so what do u guys have in ur sump?

Live rock.

Cheers,

snaggle · #7 07-11-2005, 02:23 AM

I have used tuffa rock and lava rock in my 75 I have had it all in there for over 5 years. in my sump I have Lava rock, tuffa rock and Live rock in my sump, I am just going to leave the tuffa and lava rock in my sump and put the live rock in my other tank.

Brad

Nemo · #8 07-11-2005, 04:44 AM

I have a heater and skimmer in my sump and that is it. In my refugium I keep sand and macro algae

takphan · #9 07-11-2005, 04:48 AM

live rock, tufa, sand

Willow · #10 07-11-2005, 04:49 AM

my sump is a big ol' fuge.