DIY Live Rock & Sand Projects
Here is a collection of do-it-yourself projects for making base and live rock with various types of materials, as well cultivate live sand using aragonite, crushed coral or other saltwater aquarium substrate mediums.
Advice On Making Live Rock & Live Sand
From Tom Miller's EZ Reef Articles, a Q & A from Tom with tips about making your own live rock and sand.
From Tom Miller's EZ Reef Articles, a Q & A from Tom with tips about making your own live rock and sand.
Base Rock Selection
GARF gives an outline on what types of base rock should be selected when propagating what they call combination rocks, a piece of reef safe rock that has two or more invertebrates growing on it, but this base rock selection list can be applied to any type of DIY live rock project you may have in mind.
GARF gives an outline on what types of base rock should be selected when propagating what they call combination rocks, a piece of reef safe rock that has two or more invertebrates growing on it, but this base rock selection list can be applied to any type of DIY live rock project you may have in mind.
CaribSea Aragonite Substrates & Reef Rock
CaribSea is your Aragonite based substrate source. Create your own mix for making rocks, or buy GARF's brand name Aragacrete™ mix here. On page two of their Product Catalog you'll also find their non-living Reef Rock. This is actually petrified coral that is ideal to use as base rock on which to attach invertebrates such as anemones, soft and hard corals, etc.
CaribSea is your Aragonite based substrate source. Create your own mix for making rocks, or buy GARF's brand name Aragacrete™ mix here. On page two of their Product Catalog you'll also find their non-living Reef Rock. This is actually petrified coral that is ideal to use as base rock on which to attach invertebrates such as anemones, soft and hard corals, etc.
Cookbook For Making Live Rock
From Tom Miller's EZ Reef Articles, a reprint of Tom's Simply Speaking column article from the Marine Fish Monthly, May 1998. Tips for how to make your own live rock, as well as how to get great coralline algae growth.
From Tom Miller's EZ Reef Articles, a reprint of Tom's Simply Speaking column article from the Marine Fish Monthly, May 1998. Tips for how to make your own live rock, as well as how to get great coralline algae growth.
Growing Live Rock For Profit
This Live Rock Research Project from GARF gives you all the details you need to learn how to select and take dry base reef rock and super glue various types of polyps, soft and small stony coral frags to them for propagation.
This Live Rock Research Project from GARF gives you all the details you need to learn how to select and take dry base reef rock and super glue various types of polyps, soft and small stony coral frags to them for propagation.
Homemade Conglomerate Rocks
From Tom Miller's EZ Reef Articles, Paul Baldassano shares how to make one big rock sculpture from spare small pieces of coral rock. Photos included.
From Tom Miller's EZ Reef Articles, Paul Baldassano shares how to make one big rock sculpture from spare small pieces of coral rock. Photos included.
Make Your Own Live Rock
From GARF, learn how to make your own sand molded AragocreteTM live rock.
From GARF, learn how to make your own sand molded AragocreteTM live rock.
Make Your Own Live Sand
From Tom Miller's EZ Reef Articles, a Q & A from Tom that discusses Aragonite Sand vs. Crushed Coral for making live sand.
From Tom Miller's EZ Reef Articles, a Q & A from Tom that discusses Aragonite Sand vs. Crushed Coral for making live sand.
Propagation of Combination Rocks
From GARF, this is page 1 of 3 that briefly outlines what coral species are good to put together, base rock selction, and cutting stock selection to propagate what they call combination rocks, a piece of reef safe rock that has two or more invertebrates growing on it. At the bottom of each page just click Next to continue on.
From GARF, this is page 1 of 3 that briefly outlines what coral species are good to put together, base rock selction, and cutting stock selection to propagate what they call combination rocks, a piece of reef safe rock that has two or more invertebrates growing on it. At the bottom of each page just click Next to continue on.