tufa?

Discussion in 'Live Rock' started by justinian, Mar 22, 2010.

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  1. justinian

    justinian Astrea Snail

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    whats the deal with this live tufa rock? is it any different than just live rock?
     
    justinian, Mar 22, 2010
    justinian, Mar 22, 2010
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  2. reefmonkey

    reefmonkey Giant Squid

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    Heres a little info on it.
    Tufa - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

    I've read both good and bad reviews on it. Most of the 'bad' was from people who bought the volcanic rock Wiki calls 'tuff'.
     
    reefmonkey, Mar 22, 2010
    reefmonkey, Mar 22, 2010
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  3. mattheuw1

    mattheuw1 Montipora Capricornis

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    Its a very porous light weight rock. A little more fragile than fiji but still decent stuff. When I say fragile, I could take a screwdriver and grind it into the rock to make frag plug holders. Something like that can't be done easily with most fiji. I got about 30lbs of it in my tank....no issues from it.
     
    mattheuw1, Mar 22, 2010
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