Re: Live Rock Rules and Pricing

[Dave Akard]

Sorry to start a contrversial thread but I disagree with  you on the "rule" there is no set in stone rule for amount of rock used in a tank. As for any "rule" really ppl are doing well with many different setups. I personally only use about 80lbs in my 120. so that my fish actually have a place to swim and this tank has been setup over 5 years. no fish deaths no coral deaths (except when I nuked them all by adding WAY too much light) no3 isunder 5ppm po4 is undetectable. So as your "rule" states I should be using over 100 lbs of rock, but if I did, the tank would be full of rocks, not animals. All I am trying to state is that lets try not to say "rules" as there are alot of beginners on this list that will get confused with a "rule" when someone else says you dont need to do that. thanks Dave ----- Original Message ----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, September 09, 2001 2:28 PM Subject: Re: Live Rock Rules and Pricing Reefkeeping Members: We have some beautiful Haiti Live Rock, fully cured, which I will sell to reefkeeping members for $3.00 per pound plus shipping.  This stuff is highly encrusted with goodies and full of microbes.  If you want a picture of it, email me.    The rule is a minimum of 1.5 to 2.5 lbs of Atlantic live rock per gallon of tank capacity - if it is Pacific rock, which is lighter, you can get by with a minimum of 1 to 1.5 lbs per gallon of  tank capacity.   (Haiti rock is Atlantic rock.) Susan Michaels-Choate Coral Reef Express Web: Coralreefexpress.com Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Daytona Beach, Florida Phone: 386-239-0117 Fax: 386-239-0118