Hey, guys.
I’m looking to buy a few peices of Tonga Live Rock, specifically the branching kind. I’m looking to build a small pile around a clay flower pot with plenty of room for some BTA’s to attach themselves.
I understand that Tonga may no longer be available but any type of branching live rock or previously cured rock would do the trick.
Also looking for a heavily encrusted seed rock to get the coraline started.
Willing to buy or offer trades.
Thanks,
Jason
How " branchy" , and how much ya looking for Jason?
A pic of what your looking for would be best ( or might be a pia… :
:), i may have some pieces here, or at my neighbors… I have a chunk here, but dont know if its that branchy. i ll take a pic
I have a small piece of coraline covered rock. It doesn’t seem to take too much to get it started. I like to scrape a bunch off, then grind it up, and throw it in the dt, and i keep the return pump off for a couple hours… well, the 3x i’ve done it works really well.
Well the idea is that I’m going to loosely cover a clay flowerpot in a 24 gallon aquacube. If I use big rocks, it’ll take up too much space, if I use rubble, it will be a death trap waiting to collapse. I’m thinking branching-style live rock will be my best bet to loosely cover the pot and make room for some BTAs.
I agree with your seeding technique. I want to find a small seed rock that has a ton of different colored, thick coraline on it. It will spread fast in a 24 gallon system if I scrape it every few days.
I have some nice purple, pinks i can give you. And how big is the pot? i’ll see if i can come up with enough branching kind, and get a pic… but its gonna be a nice camo-d flower pot, thats cool. the clowns really seem to love them flower pots. Do you keep most of your pairs w/ pot, i know the one pair has its frogspawn.
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I have some nice purple, pinks i can give you. And how big is the pot? i’ll see if i can come up with enough branching kind, and get a pic… but its gonna be a nice camo-d flower pot, thats cool. the clowns really seem to love them flower pots. Do you keep most of your pairs w/ pot, i know the one pair has its frogspawn.[/quote]
Flower pot is uh, standard size? haha Maybe 6"?
I’ve kept all my pairs with pots except for the pair that took to the frogspawn.
I can swing by tomorrow. Let me call you later anyway.
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How branchy does it have to be? I’m a big fan of the totoka live rock and its what most of the rock in my tank is. I like it because my coral plugs pop right into it and stay without having to be glued. I got a lot of my rock from DPA because they have a lot of that kind of rock most of the time. A few weeks ago TFB had a big shipment of tonga rock in but its probably gone by now.
This is the totoka rock in my tank:
I don’t think this site is going to be useful for the amount you want but they have some nice stuff I was planning on ordering from them when I set up the 75g tank but I bought a used tank with a lot of rock so no need.
http://www.liverocknreef.com/liverock/index.php?l=product_list&c=502
