Marco Key Largo Dry Rocks

[Canadianeh]

Anyone is using Marco key largo dry rocks? What did you guys do to prep the rocks before? Their website says they are very clean and come "pre-cured"

I am planning to use them to start a new reef tank. Can I just soak or wash them in RODI water after picking off any dry dead organics and brush off any impurities before I put them in the tank?

 

[heath]

Is there maybe someone close to you that is selling their live rock.. sometimes you can buy it for $1-2.00 per lb.. when I did my first tank I bought it from our local fish store and paid $10.00 per lb... little did I know...and I followed the rule of thumb, 1.5 lbs of rock per gallon.. it was a 90g tank...

 

[Canadianeh]

Is there maybe someone close to you that is selling their live rock.. sometimes you can buy it for $1-2.00 per lb.. when I did my first tank I bought it from our local fish store and paid $10.00 per lb... little did I know...and I followed the rule of thumb, 1.5 lbs of rock per gallon.. it was a 90g tank...

Only Big Als and I don't like their rock and they want to you to pay with your kidney to buy their rocks at $9/lbs.

I really like Pukani or Marco Largo rock look. It's only $2.99/lbs at reefsupplies. I bought 50 lbs for my 40 lbs tank

 

[heath]

I like the pukani and figi rock...

 

[nathan]

I bought mine at big als as well. .. very expensive unfortunately.

 

[LIttle Reef Keeper]

Only Big Als and I don't like their rock and they want to you to pay with your kidney to buy their rocks at $9/lbs.

I really like Pukani or Marco Largo rock look. It's only $2.99/lbs at reefsupplies. I bought 50 lbs for my 40 lbs tank

14.99/lb in kitchener haha!

Is there maybe someone close to you that is selling their live rock.. sometimes you can buy it for $1-2.00 per lb.. when I did my first tank I bought it from our local fish store and paid $10.00 per lb... little did I know...and I followed the rule of thumb, 1.5 lbs of rock per gallon.. it was a 90g tank...

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[Canadianeh]

yep! I made up my mind! I am not paying those prices! I rather start with dry rock

 

[Joshbrookkate]

Is there maybe someone close to you that is selling their live rock.. sometimes you can buy it for $1-2.00 per lb.. when I did my first tank I bought it from our local fish store and paid $10.00 per lb... little did I know...and I followed the rule of thumb, 1.5 lbs of rock per gallon.. it was a 90g tank...

Post here in our "Looking For" forum. It seems there's always someone with live rock to sell......
I agree with Heath. Buy it from a fellow reefer if you can.

 

[Canadianeh]

Post here in our "Looking For" forum. It seems there's always someone with live rock to sell......
I agree with Heath. Buy it from a fellow reefer if you can.

I already bought 50lbs of dry rock, so I don't think I will need more rock.

 

[Luke.]

Only Big Als and I don't like their rock and they want to you to pay with your kidney to buy their rocks at $9/lbs.

I really like Pukani or Marco Largo rock look. It's only $2.99/lbs at reefsupplies. I bought 50 lbs for my 40 lbs tank

Lol that's it?!? I've seen $16.99 before a pound for LR

 

[Nighthawk26]

I used Marco Rock. There is nothing pre cured about them. You need to cure them no question. I cured mine for a few months before. That said, a year in, and I have a GHA issue with little to no explanation for. 0 Phosphates measured, low lighting period, no nitrates really above 5. Speculation of course leads to rock, but it's just that, speculation.

 

[Canadianeh]

I used Marco Rock. There is nothing pre cured about them. You need to cure them no question. I cured mine for a few months before. That said, a year in, and I have a GHA issue with little to no explanation for. 0 Phosphates measured, low lighting period, no nitrates really above 5. Speculation of course leads to rock, but it's just that, speculation.

You cure them for few months?!!? You must be one of the harcore ones. Some other said a couple of weeks, the other say few days, and another say just rinse them with vinegar and rodi water.

I guess there is no one right teaching here

 

[nathan]

You cure them for few months?!!? You must be one of the harcore ones. Some other said a couple of weeks, the other say few days, and another say just rinse them with vinegar and rodi water.

I guess there is no one right teaching here

If you just let it cycle in your tank for a few weeks your fine... never plan to do anything quickly bud... you take short cuts you could have a crash.... that's the best way is to be safe and let it cycle .... I did 6 weeks.

 

[Nighthawk26]

I do not for one second believe from scratch that Marco does not leach phosphates. Min min, cycle the rock. several water changes, and if I were to do it again, I would use high cap gfo or rowa while doing it.

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[Canadianeh]

I will let it cycle for sure but I am thinking whether to cycle it in the tank directly, or use a Rubbermaid. I want to make sure if I do it in Rubbermaid, my wife will not give me lecture on how we are running out space because of it.

 

[Canadianeh]

I do not for one second believe from scratch that Marco does not leach phosphates. Min min, cycle the rock. several water changes, and if I were to do it again, I would use high cap gfo or rowa while doing it.

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why you think Marco will leach phosphates?

 

[Dan Cole]

There is no need to cure marco rock....it is clean and has been out of the ocean for hundreds of years. There is nothing to die off.

Dan

 

[SpongeAl]

The dry rock has some nice shapes, but the live rock is the way to go IMO.

I used that dry rock on my first tank, my experience was similar to others. It takes a long time before the various fuzzies reside, perhaps running some kalwasser would accelerate the coraline, I don't know, but it can be a long and ugly road with the dry rock. At the very least you should have some live rock just to add some diversity of fauna.

 

[yveterinarian]

I used Marco rock for all of my tanks. I just rinsed them, aquascaped them and cycled them with my tank cycle. I seeded the rock with some live bacteria and used the ammonia method to cycle. No problems with any of the tanks due to the rocks.