life rock

Hello…I’ve seen several posts about Life Rock but haven’t found an answer to my question. I've started to get some hair algae (I’ve been over feeding ) so I’m dealing with that, but I need help identifying this white coating on the highest points of my Life Rock. None of the inhabitants seem to...

Preface: this has been my experience and findings...there may be unpopular opinions here but I want to leverage this to share my challenges and what I would do differntly and how I plan to move forward. Tank Setup to start: 150g Display Tank 55g Sump Theiling Compact Rollermat 2 inch carribsea...

Hi all, recently set up my new tank using caribsea life rock and broken up established live rock. I currently have a phosphate reading of 0.24ppm. Could phosphate be leaching from the life rock? I’ve added around 70g of rowaphos but it doesn’t seem to be lowering. Thanks!

Hey guys, I just started up my second reef tank. Waterbox Cube 20, I built a life rock reef scape and am adding in live rock, some in my mid chamber and some in the display to skip cycle. I know this isn’t a pure skip with the life rock but can I swing it as a skip because of the Live I have in...

I'm getting into the hobby and I just got CaribSea life rock. I've seen some people say that I would need to rinse it first before putting it in. Would I need to rinse it with tap water, RODI water, or saltwater?

SOLD SOLD SOLD I have over 200+ lbs of Carib Sea reef rock. 4 reef tree kits with extra arches. Most has been used but i have pressure washed it all and let dry out. This is for pick up only as im not shipping rocks. FCFS For Sale Due to moving out of state i have broken down my reef tank and...

Hello everyone. Off the bat I am new to the hobby but have been doing research on different sites to learn before getting into the hobby. Now it's been 2 weeks now since we set up our waterbox 65.4 tank. We tried the fishless cycle using Dr Tims. In our tank we used caribsea live sand special...

Thought some pics of 3 brands of man-made rocks side-by-side — CaribSea Life Rock, A Purple Reef and Real Reef Rock — might be helpful to those who are trying to choose... Clockwise from upper left — Caribsea Life Rock ... A Purple Reef rock ... Real Reef Rock: CaribSea Life Rock: A...

Update: Once I added a HOB refugium to my sumpless 40B, it was game over. The tank started leaking within a week because the extra weight pulled the tank too far out of level. As such, I upgraded to a Red Sea Reefer 250. If you'd like to start there, click here. If you'd like to read through my...

Here is my Waterbox Cube 20 aquascape. Any suggestions or comments?

Hey everyone this is my first build thread. That means I’m batting .500 on these since this is only my second tank. I’ve been in the hobby for almost 2 years now running a 75 gallon bowfront tank with a 30 gallon eshopps sump. Along with an X120 eshopps skimmer, 15W UV sterilizer, 2 hydor...

Hello Everyone! We currently have life rock in our tank, and my husband is not happy with it. He would like to get actual live rock, to change out a little at a time. I ran across A Purple Reef, and wanted to see if anyone has had any experience with them, or know of anyone that has. Do you...

Hey all! Back with some more questions! Getting really close to setting everything up and get running! Just cannot seem to decide/figure out what do as far as rock. I’ve looked into the Life Rock from Caribsea but can’t seem to find too much info. The only LFS near me is a petco, which they...

Hey Everyone! After a five year hiatus I am back with my new Red Sea Max E-170 and I am super excited! Over the weekend I assembled all the parts. Today my final shipments are coming in (chiller, heater, live sand, etc.) and I am super stoked to finally get some water in my beautiful tank...

This week I added 20 pounds of the new "Shapes" CaribSea Life Rock to my 139 gallon 3 month old system (Reefer525xl). Prior to going into the display it was washed with RO to get any loose items off. Didn't think it needed to be cured. Its beautiful rock BTW!!! My Nyos skimmer went crazy...