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02/21/2018, 08:23 PM | #26 | |
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I'm confused as to why you are accusing me of being dishonest. You asked a simple question: "why TBS?" I thought I was being helpful by sharing my personal experience. It's not like as if I was reporting something unusual or radical, in fact many others (including d2mini) have reported similar experiences. If you had a different experience with TBS rock, please by all means share it with us.
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02/21/2018, 09:21 PM | #27 |
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The best way to get it ready for a tank is to put it in the tank. Like someone else said it nice to just leave the rock in there alone for a couple months and you can sort out the hitchhiker and kill any aiptasia that might pop up. It’s easier to take care of this with just a tank full of rock because you can move it around anyway you want without having to worry about disturbing your corals. It will also give the tank a chance to settle. Taking care of a tank of just live rock is extremely easy too and gives the beginner a crash course in reef care with a very very easy learning curve
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02/22/2018, 01:18 PM | #28 |
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I am aware it defeats the purpose of live rock. . I also noticed the OP said he doesn't want pests, and my method ensures no pests.
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02/22/2018, 01:30 PM | #29 |
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It's interesting until its not, pests have wasted countless hours of my time and made me quit the hobby before, that is as black/white as it gets for me.
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02/22/2018, 02:10 PM | #30 | |
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Two of my tanks have had dinos and I tore them down. A nano had aiptasia and cyano issues constantly. I've had redbugs. One tank had non-sps eating flatworms. That same tank had blue clove polyps. But in regards to this one particular vendor, TBS, not a single one of these pests ever came from them. These were all contracted later. The only pests that would be any issue at all are gorilla crabs, stone crabs and mantis shrimp, none of which should make you want to quit the hobby. All easily dealt with over time, and non-damaging (and interesting to watch) in the meantime. Of course not all live rock sources are the same.
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02/22/2018, 02:17 PM | #31 |
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I will say if I bought live rock again, it would be TBS. Everything about the business and rock I like, except the pest potential.
And I am probably much better at dealing with it now (i.e. patience!) But yeah, right now I want to set a 0% chance for pests in as many areas as I can, maybe my next-next tank when I am well out of the quitters club
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03/05/2018, 04:36 AM | #32 |
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I paid about $1.50 a lbs for this which is about a cheap as you can get rock. So if we take price differences between live and dry out of the equation, II’s it still worth the risk of having to deal with anything?
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03/05/2018, 09:38 AM | #33 | |
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Depends how quickly you want natural diversity in the tank. I started my current tank with mostly dry rock and some live rock from my nano. At this point two years in my tank is showing a decent diversity of life but still nothing compared to what a tank with right from the ocean live rock would have. I’d have to do significant work to gather the needed critters.
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