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MikeP · #1 06-20-2006, 02:21 AM

I have a nice piece of dead corel, can I put it in as decoration? If so should I bleach it or something first? Do people generally put stuff like driftwood and lava rock in salt water tanks? Also riverfront told me about some other type of rock they sell that if put beside a live rock it will eventually become a live rock too, should I pick some of that up? Another question is do I keep nets and scrapers serarate for fresh and salt water (I have a 55gal fresh water tank as well). Thats all I can think of for questions right now thanks again for any replies.

TheReefGeek · #2 06-20-2006, 03:06 AM

No driftwood or lava rock, you have to be carefull which non-reef rock you put it, some contain too many metals and other bad stuff that will leech into your tank.

If they are talking about dry aragonite/calcite rock, you can put it in.

albert_dao · #3 06-20-2006, 05:30 AM

I bet ya it's tufa...

MikeP · #4 06-26-2006, 06:07 AM

Bought some from riverfront, they called it travistine (not sure if thats how to spell it)

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G1GY · #5 06-26-2006, 08:49 AM

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Originally Posted by MikeP

Bought some from riverfront, they called it travistine (not sure if thats how to spell it)

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Travertine maybe?

MikeP · #6 06-26-2006, 09:47 PM

Yeah thats it. I'ts just white colored porous looking rock. I bought maybe 5 or 6 pounds and the rest of my tank will be made up of LR.

TheReefGeek · #7 06-26-2006, 09:52 PM

Do you have any pics?

The wikipedia image doesn't look very porous.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Travertine

G1GY · #8 06-26-2006, 10:04 PM

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Originally Posted by MikeP

Yeah thats it. I'ts just white colored porous looking rock. I bought maybe 5 or 6 pounds and the rest of my tank will be made up of LR.

Travertine is a compact calcium carbonate used as a facing material in construction.

Stucco!