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Posted: February 18 2015 at 3:21pm |
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Is lace rock ok for a reef set up.
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Posted: February 18 2015 at 3:32pm |
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Please no! I leaches all kinds of nasty stuff into a reef. Save it for the freshwater tank.
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Posted: February 18 2015 at 3:36pm |
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Just a simple answer: NO...... Just ask Rusty at Benepets what he thinks about it! lol
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Posted: February 18 2015 at 4:04pm |
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Thanks. I won't even bother with it.
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Posted: February 18 2015 at 4:13pm |
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Not only does it leach polutants into the tank but the rock is much more dense then good LR and provides very little pores for biofiltration.
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Posted: February 19 2015 at 1:24am |
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I've personally never had any issues with it. Corals grow on it, coralline grows on it.
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Posted: February 19 2015 at 6:54am |
Not all so-called Lace Rock is the same. It comes from different geologic formations and from areas that have have seen different erosion processes. Some will contain PO4, some not. Some heavy metals, some not. Some is volcanic, some not. Lace Rock is typically not the Calcium Carbonate that is so useful for our reef aquariums as a source of Alkalinity, Calcium and Magnesium.
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Posted: February 19 2015 at 8:37am |
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I would have said yes, use it.
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Posted: February 19 2015 at 9:02am |
I kind of agree with Adam. We know of the filtration media and animals we can use to combat potential problems if they arise: AC AA GFO Algae Snails Hermits herbivorous fish
To discover whether a rock is Calcium Carbonate, the stuff that's really good for our reef, drop a piece in some white vinegar. If it bubbles, that's Calcium Carbonate dissolving in the weak acid of the vinegar. |
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Posted: February 19 2015 at 9:08am |
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It really comes down to how you want the nutrient levels in your tank to be.
Calcium carbonate is very beneficial to a reef, other rocks CAN be used, but have the potential to leach nutrients and sometimes hard metals into the tank.
I've seen corals growing all over lava rock, lace rock, utah rock, and all sorts of rocks. It really comes down to the livestock you keep, and what you want in your tank.
If you are trying to maintain "clean" lower nutrient water, lace rock should be avoided.
Some corals are very tolerant of nutrient and excess trace elements. Algae especially can be quite appreciative of the extra nutrients. Other corals however, would be most upset if you had lace rock in the tank for any period of time.
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Posted: February 19 2015 at 1:59pm |
I would not use Lace rock
Too dense, and potential leaching issues
A Member here had a large reef tank set up with 100+ pounds of Lace rock mixed in with normal reef rock
Kept having issues with algal buildup and corals dying
Once the Lace rock was removed the problems went away
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Posted: February 20 2015 at 4:47pm |
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What about lava rock In a reeftank
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Posted: February 20 2015 at 4:54pm |
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What about lava rock In a reeftank
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I think lace rock is lava rock.
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