alternative to live rock?

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and go to a local fish store and get a piece of live rock and you'll thank me later. theres no telling what else is in that water, i live in melbourne and i know i wouldnt want to put anything in my tank from the rivers, lagoons, bays, creeks. It could kill everything in your tank. Not to mention that rock looks 1000 times better!

 

well, thanks for the answers guys. just tryin to get away with as many things as i can. i dont really have much of a job(which pays about $60 a month)and getting all of the stuff i need myself, its probably gonna be a while :-/. at least all i need now is a filter, heater, sand and rock, and lighting im almost there.

 

check this jank out http://www.3reef.com/forums/i-made/diy-live-rock-91171.html dawg

 

I don't mean to damper your spirit, but this isn't the cheapest hobby to get into so unfortunately that means opening your wallet more times then you'd like to. It can be done. but if i was you i would save up and get the right things you need to have a tank that works with you, not against you.
What size tank we talkin here?

 

haha yeah iv figured that one out. i havnt gotten my drivers license yet but ill be getting it in march. hopefully ill be able to get a better job then.

i bought a 75 gallon off of craigslist, and it came with everything i needed except the items i listed in my above post.

 

nice! actually those look almost exactly like the rocks i was talking about, minus the oysters that is.

 

Save up your money, sell your 75, and/or take out a loan from your parents and you can buy my 125 in about 2 weeks...it will come with the lights (2 36" T5 Fixtures and the DT and 1 36" T5 fixture on the sump)the sand (3") the 30G sump/fuge (with DSB), AquaC Remora Skimmer, all the pumps 2 heaters...only thing ull have to get is some rock...Gonna be asking $600 for EVERYTHING...you can look at what it looks like up and running in my signature. I live in Tallahassee

 

well... i dont have any more space for a bigger one. i had to rearrange everything in my room to be able to make this one fit, thanks for the offer though. plus i have nowhere to sell it to... the guy i bought it from had trouble selling it, and it has some good stuff in it too. i bought all of it for $300

 

Yeah get some base rock and seed with LR; it's way easier IMO

 

It is against Florida law to remove rock - of any kind - from its waters. The people in the keys get away with it because they have a lease and a license with the state to aquaculture live rock. If you get caught collecting rock, they take the boat, the trailer, you, the wife, the dog, the car, everything even remotely involved in collecting it from you.

If you just want filtration, you can do a DIY rock and save some money.