seeding base rock

[jess128]

Hi. I'm starting a 65 gallon tank and I'm on a tigh budget. To save money I'm thinking about buying some base rock and not so much live rock. How long will it take before the base rock begins to look like live rock? Thanks!

[kuatto]

If you don't mind waiting,base rock is alot cheaper,and looks just like the rest after awhile.Buy yourself a couple of nice pieces of live rock and use it to seed the base rock.

[LostMind]

the bacteria will colonise the LR fairly quickly I believe - within a few weeks.

But other life will take a while.

[jess128]

Alright, thanks for the info guys. I've been offered some live rock from someone in town, so I'll get a bunch of that and then get some base rock as well. Does anyone know where I can order some base rock? I live in Edmonton and I haven't seen it in any of the LFS. Thanks again.

[Scavenger]

The time can vary on how long it will take to seed, but remember, the more live rock you get (from differant sources), the more varied the life will be. Just food for thought. :smile:

[kuatto]

try J&L for base rock.

[mr_alberta]

Big Al's sells base rock. Its horrendously expensive though. As Jim said, it is best to order it through JL aquatics though they only sell it in 60lb packages I believe...

[jess128]

that drives me insane about J&L and live rock. You can only buy them in 50-60lb boxes. I only want about 30-40lbs of base rock. I'm sure there's someone around here that needs some as well and maybe we could split the cost. Thanks for the info guys.

[Aquattro]

I believe J&L sells dry base rock real cheap. I also believe they sell and ship quantities less than a full box. They do advertise prices for such.

[jess128]

I was just on the J&L site and it looks like they only sell base rock in 50lb boxes, for $75/box. I don't need that much base rock... oh well, I'll look around. Thanks again.

[Quinn]

Check the Bargain Finder, as suggested, as I once found base rock for sale in it. Your other option is to buy a box from J&L and sell the extra. There's a fair demand for base rock. I might even be interested.

[ungp]

Jess,

I got a few fairly large pieces i'm looking to sell.
PM me and we'll go from there...

[ABreefkpr]

I have some base rock as well. If you can't get some from ungp just let me know. This is rock from J&L.

Keith

[jess128]

I've got my base rock, thanks for the offers though guys. Richer had a bunch of it and sold it all to me for a very very good price. So I've got quite a lot of base rock in the tank, now I'm looking for live rock.