How to aquascape a saltwater reef aquarium - Episode 2: Aquascaping Reef Saver dry live rock

This is episode two of our aquascaping aquarium live rock series. In this episode we show how easy it is to aquascape reef saver rock . Live rock is critical to maintaining a successful reef tank.

Category:

Education

Tags:

• Bulk
• Reef
• Supply
• BRSTV
• BRS
• TV
• Salt
• water
• saltwater
• aquarium
• reef
• marine
• start
• set
• up
• Pukani
• Fiji
• tonga
• shelf
• branch
• live
• rock
• aquascape
• aquascaping
• saver
• marco
• rocks

[valdezorbust]

Wow, is that BRS's first musical montage?

[BulkReefSupplyCom]

@valdezorbust I loaned the music from our minute to win it party video : )

[shiveley]

I'd really like to see what type of epoxy you use to finalize this type of aquascaping, as well as how you go about using it to create "permanent" arches and cave effects. Thanks!

[BulkReefSupplyCom]

@shiveley I mentioned the epoxy in another response. Caves are mostly done with stacking and epoxy but true overhangs are more difficult because of the weight being suspended. This can be achieved with epoxy but it typically takes a lot. Often it is also done by drilling whole through the two pieces and sliding a rod through to pin them together. It is somewhat difficult to do well and there is a learning curve for sure. It is possible we will do a demo on that in the future.

[gmoney1961]

Great video....now that I've seen both rocks in action I'm going to go with the Pukani rock purchase

[BulkReefSupplyCom]

@gmoney1961 Really cant wrong with either choice. Almost like asking what's your favorite color. No matter what you answer it fits your tastes and you are right : )

[907867yt]

Brass523 YES it will seed the rest of the tank (fairly slowly depending on amount of live) I started my 29 with 25 pounds base rock and 10 lbs live

[brass523]

when curing the dry rock would you recommend getting a small piece live rock from my lfs to introduce different kinds of bacteria and algae?

[RichardV2012]

I want to use this rock in my nano tank. If I purchase this from your online store will the rock be the size used in the video or smaller?

[Canroll5824]

About how many lbs are you using in this video?

[BulkReefSupplyCom]

@jaizedelmann well if you are looking outside the aquarium industry most people use a product called aquamend and it is generally considered reef safe. Inside the aquarium industry i like the stone gray two little fishes product.There are lots of colors between the different brands, I would look at the type of rock I am using. If possible i would try and do it without water in the tank since you might be using a lot.

[BulkReefSupplyCom]

@djruth62 I don’t see us shipping aquarium live rock outside the US for a very long time. Most of it has major customs issues.