live rock

[sharonafix]

starting up a new reef aquarium where is the best place to purchase live rock? i live in northern california.

 

[captivereefs]

www.liverocks.com

 

[Thumper]

100% liverocks.com

 

[SeriousDude5]

www.liverocks.com as captivereefs said.

 

[Salttanker]

And again. www.liverocks.com

Mike

 

[RMPD109]

I agree 100% with the above

 

[Zack]

Thanks for the kind recommendations. Feel free to send me a PM or email if you have any questions.

 

[RocketSeason]

yeah. liverocks.com is the place to go. check out my gallery to see some pics of how great it looks.

 

[ScottVinVA]

www.liverocks.com

I was checking this site out, interesting. I have a large environmental question about these rocks. Are their plots that people can mine rocks from or is there a law against taking from the reefs? I would think they would be protected some way or other?

I have heard that some companies will drop rock into a desiganted area for aging and farming. Is this how most companies do it or do most companies just pull from the public reef?

 

[Phyl]

These are aquicultured. If you go to their site I think you'll find some info about it. These are all rocks that they've "planted" and then they leave them grow and then harvest them. Great stuff. Another 100% satisfied LR.com customer. Great stuff. My next LR will come from them too!

 

[fireman26m]

Yes, it is illegal to harvest LR from a reef or just about anywhere else in Florida and most of the rest of the US coasts with reefs. I believe you are correct in how they get LR for the aquarium trade. Zach can confirm that part of it.

 

[lando]

I agree with everyone else...liverocks.com is a great way to go. I ordered from them and Mike was a huge help and offered grreat customer service. Their rock is accu-cultured so natural reefs are not being damaged in the collection process. Just one more plus!