Lace Rock

[browniebuck]

What are the general feelings on lace rock that has been aquacultured? I just bought a couple of pieces from a coral farm in Columbus OH and have been very impressed with the quality and the critters that they contained. Just wanted to know if anyone else knew anything or had good pictures of tanks with lace rock.

 

[xdave]

Thank you for showing that you care about our disappearing reefs by using cultured live rock. I hate it when aquarists show their love for reef creatures by destroying their habitat. Culturing lace rock sounds good to me. It's fairly light and very porous. It's already mass produced in varied and interesting shapes and sizes. I'd love more info on this place. Everyone I know of that cultures LR does it in the ocean, I'm very interested in their methods. I live in Cleveland so the gas money to go pick some up would be less than the shipping.

 

[xdave]

Thank you for showing that you care about our disappearing reefs by using cultured live rock. I hate it when aquarists show their love for reef creatures by destroying their habitat. Culturing lace rock sounds good to me. It's fairly light and very porous. It's already mass produced in varied and interesting shapes and sizes. I'd love more info on this place (you could probably post just their name). Everyone I know of that cultures LR does it in the ocean, I'm very interested in their methods. I live in Cleveland so the gas money to go pick some up would be less than the shipping.

 

[catawaba]

You can get lace/base rock here for just over $1/lb. Shipping is very reasonable...

 

[adroitmind]

My lfs (and this is why i like them) showed me a few of their display tanks that started with a few pounds of live rock and lots of lace rock. They looked AMAZING! They seed the lace rock in the display tank and in 6-12 months the lacerock is covered in coraline. They told me how they did it and i was sold. buying the live/lace rock combo and a few bottles of additives to speed up coraline growth saved me lots of cash. Most likely cost the lfs a few hundred dollars in live rock that day but they earned my business for a long time to come.

 

[browniebuck]

Originally Posted by xDave
Thank you for showing that you care about our disappearing reefs by using cultured live rock. I hate it when aquarists show their love for reef creatures by destroying their habitat. Culturing lace rock sounds good to me. It's fairly light and very porous. It's already mass produced in varied and interesting shapes and sizes. I'd love more info on this place. Everyone I know of that cultures LR does it in the ocean, I'm very interested in their methods. I live in Cleveland so the gas money to go pick some up would be less than the shipping.

Their website is (and I don't know if it will show up, as they will be competing with saltwaterfish.com, but..) www.reefsystems.com. On the website, they have pictures of their facility as well as pictures of their display tank. They also have a HUGE selection of corals!
They sell their lace rock, pre-cured, for $3.99/lb. Some of the lace rock that they have is previously live rock that has since died/been killed, so you can still get the look of Fiji without the price.