New to Calgary

[BillyPrefect]

Hi all.

Where is the best place in town to buy good live rock... I mean the stuff that actually has coraline algae, some small corals, macro algae or stuff like that.

I have been checking out the LFS I have found so far in town, but the live rock for sale here seems like all base rock.

[Buccaneer]

I got some decent rock from Golds a few months back ... nice coraline growth and quite porous :cool:

Cheers

[Bob I]

The best live rock right now is at Ocean on centre st. It is Fiji Branch rock, so it is porous and light, and looks like broken coral. I think it is About eight bucks a pound. Not much in the way of coraline, but still a good looking product. :biggrin:

[BillyPrefect]

Ohhh, but I hate branch.. it just doesn't look right in a tank unless you put a couple of them by themselves.

For some reason Kelowna, BC had a few off the road map marine stores that must have been stuck in the loop somehow. Great stuff for ok prices, and now that I've checked it out a few times, Im not all that impressed with BA

[mnoll406]

Don't worry too much about the corraline. Over time the rock will produce its own. Just add light and Ca. Find a type of rock you like, ie. marshall island, Fiji, etc. I usually cycle my tanks for a month with no light, and most of the corraline is gone after that. Comes back very quickly though.

Mike