Drilling live rock is my preferred method of aquascaping a saltwater aquarium.
Live rock aquascape.
This isn t a necessity but if you re the cautious.
You can use simple dry rock or base rock if you introduce it in the correct manner but it will take longer to realize the same benefits as bacteria will have to develop.
On what you can do to arrange either non living or live rocks in a saltwater system for maximum efficiency when you are aquascaping or arranging rocks in your aquarium.
When placing rock you ll want to put it into your aquarium before any sand or other substrate.
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Here are some helpful tips to make the task easier and faster.
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It can be much more expensive to establish an aquarium using live rock as opposed to artificial aquascaping.
What s more each photo represents exactly the rock or set of rocks you order.
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Arranging your live rock or rock aquascape can be easier than you think.
Of course much of what looks good will be determined by the shapes of your particular pieces of rocks.
It consists of drilling holes into the rock and stacking them on an acrylic fiberglass or plastic rod in a desirable shape.
Soaking previously live rock in a solution of bleach or acid is a much safer and effective method of removing organic material from live rock.
This will give your rock a solid footing that won t shift.
This method gives you a stacked look with all of the benefits of cementing and none of the downfalls associated with the previous two methods.
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Here we discuss live rock and reef tank aquascapes.
Arranging the live rock in your saltwater aquarium can be frustrating.
Some people add egg crate or some other material to the bottom of their aquarium to protect the glass.
Always do this stuff outdoors.
Aquascaping with live rock.