wow

[beanie]

so live rock has to sit on the bottom of the tank, and the sand goes around it.. cuss i did not know this and my rock has been siting on my sand for oh a good 3 months now...

 

[dfishh]

i dont think it has to, but it helps to keep the structure stable if u have sum powerful fish.
DAVE

 

[beanie]

thats good to hear. my eels have done a good job moveing ALOT of my sand

 

[slick]

My rock also sits on the sand. Almost 1 yr now and no problems as of yet.

 

[nerdy]

My live rock sits on a very thin layer of CC. I have not had any problems but I have also built a good layer of cc around it too!
6 years and no collapses yet!!!

 

[beanie]

some one told me if live rock sits on live sand u will get dead spots???

 

[david s]

my rock has been ontop sand for over a year I would be scared to pile that much rock on the glass. IMO the sand helps desperse the wieght.
got any pics neardy 6 years must be nice and established

 

[thomas712]

Beanie - Liverock does not HAVE TO SIT ON THE BOTTOM, but it does like DfishH says make for a more stable formation, and can help to prevent reefalanches.
Do it anyway you want it's your tank
Thomas

 

[dfishh]

THis is pretty unrelated but nerdy got me thinking, is there such thing as a dccb? deep crushed coral bed? i mite have to try it
DAVE

 

[sammystingray]

Those with DSBs would cut the function in half most of the time if they don't put the sand in first. Not to mention killing the bottom four inches of rock by smothering it. Just my opinion.