Announcing - cycled and seeded live rock!
Our Snacklerocks are cycled with live nitrifying bacteria and seeded with our three species blend of live copepods. Dinkins Snacklerock is ideal for starting a new tank, or for adding rock (and biodiversity) to an existing system.
Many reefers use dry rock to start their tanks, in an effort to keep pests out. The downside is that it can take weeks or months to fully cycle the rock, along with multiple purchases of copepods to fully seed them. On the other end of the spectrum, a number of reefers buy rock straight from the ocean. This rock is fully seeded and comes with copepods, but also has the potential to bring unwanted hitchhikers with them.
Our Snacklerock combines the best of both worlds. We source dry rock, which has never been in the ocean, and put it in a closed system for at least three months.
We add live nitrifying bacteria and our own copepods (which are themselves grown in closed single-species systems). Dinkins Snacklerock comes with much of the biodiversity of ocean rock without the potential pests and hitchhikers.
We take great care in the packaging and shipping of our Snacklerock. It ships mostly submerged in saltwater, to preserve the bacteria and pods.
How Do We Ship Snacklerock?
We wrap the rock in bubble wrap and double bag it, adding water to the inner bag until the rock is mostly submerged. The water easily flows inside the bubble wrap, keeping the beneficial bacteria and copepods wet and healthy. The bubble wrap keeps the rock from piercing the bag, and also protects it from chipping.
Each bubble wrapped, double bagged rock then gets carefully packed into our biodegradable styrofoam boxes and shipped by UPS. We check the weather where you live, and add any ice (or heat packs in the winter) if needed. We schedule shipping so that your rock arrives by Friday of the week it ships.
For orders over 40 lbs, we do offer free air cargo shipping through American Airlines. We'll automatically reach out to you. Air cargo is optional on large orders - it is NOT required.
What Else?
Nothing is ever added to the Snacklerock systems other than fresh saltwater, Fritz Turbostart Live Nitrifying bacteria, and our own carefully cultured copepods (we add all three species of pods - Tisbe, Apocyclops, and Tigriopus).
Snacklerocks remain in this system for an extended time period without light (to ensure no algae growth). Your rock will look just like it arrived directly from Marco Rocks - but loaded with copepods and beneficial nitrifying bacteria.
Our Snacklerocks are cycled with live nitrifying bacteria and seeded with our three species blend of live copepods. Dinkins Snacklerock is ideal for starting a new tank, or for adding rock (and biodiversity) to an existing system.
Many reefers use dry rock to start their tanks, in an effort to keep pests out. The downside is that it can take weeks or months to fully cycle the rock, along with multiple purchases of copepods to fully seed them. On the other end of the spectrum, a number of reefers buy rock straight from the ocean. This rock is fully seeded and comes with copepods, but also has the potential to bring unwanted hitchhikers with them.
Our Snacklerock combines the best of both worlds. We source dry rock, which has never been in the ocean, and put it in a closed system for at least three months.
We add live nitrifying bacteria and our own copepods (which are themselves grown in closed single-species systems). Dinkins Snacklerock comes with much of the biodiversity of ocean rock without the potential pests and hitchhikers.
We take great care in the packaging and shipping of our Snacklerock. It ships mostly submerged in saltwater, to preserve the bacteria and pods.
How Do We Ship Snacklerock?
We wrap the rock in bubble wrap and double bag it, adding water to the inner bag until the rock is mostly submerged. The water easily flows inside the bubble wrap, keeping the beneficial bacteria and copepods wet and healthy. The bubble wrap keeps the rock from piercing the bag, and also protects it from chipping.
Each bubble wrapped, double bagged rock then gets carefully packed into our biodegradable styrofoam boxes and shipped by UPS. We check the weather where you live, and add any ice (or heat packs in the winter) if needed. We schedule shipping so that your rock arrives by Friday of the week it ships.
For orders over 40 lbs, we do offer free air cargo shipping through American Airlines. We'll automatically reach out to you. Air cargo is optional on large orders - it is NOT required.
What Else?
Nothing is ever added to the Snacklerock systems other than fresh saltwater, Fritz Turbostart Live Nitrifying bacteria, and our own carefully cultured copepods (we add all three species of pods - Tisbe, Apocyclops, and Tigriopus).
Snacklerocks remain in this system for an extended time period without light (to ensure no algae growth). Your rock will look just like it arrived directly from Marco Rocks - but loaded with copepods and beneficial nitrifying bacteria.
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