anyone know where to get tonga rocks?

[lcf425]

looking for the above ^^

[stevenkoh08]

iwarna and coral farm

[lcf425]

iwarna and coral farm

iwarna very few left.... will check out cf this weekend^^

[kueytoc]

Those 'pseudo-rocks' not from Tonga lah. Anyway, Tonga has banned the export of LR since 2 years ago & they're certainly not cheap even if they managed to 'sneak' in here.

[yikai]

those are just indo rocks that are branched... they are dead skeletons of acropora.

the real tonga rocks are unavailable.

[CFOh]

looking for the above ^^

Try check with Yishun Aqua Star.. They used to carry above.. Also GO should have lots of Branches type live Rock available too..

Cheers and Happy Reefing...

[lcf425]

Those 'pseudo-rocks' not from Tonga lah. Anyway, Tonga has banned the export of LR since 2 years ago & they're certainly not cheap even if they managed to 'sneak' in here.

oh man heng still got pseudo-rocks then hahah thanks for the infor!

[lcf425]

those are just indo rocks that are branched... they are dead skeletons of acropora.

the real tonga rocks are unavailable.

erm lem then are this dead skeletons considered live or dead rocks =.=?

[lcf425]

Try check with Yishun Aqua Star.. They used to carry above.. Also GO should have lots of Branches type live Rock available too..

Cheers and Happy Reefing...

hmm will check out yishun aqua star.... GO dun have went to ask le

[pokmingsheng]

hmm will check out yishun aqua star.... GO dun have went to ask le

if you're looking for branched rocks,

Reborn has a tank full of it as well...

[Milch_Tan]

erm lem then are this dead skeletons considered live or dead rocks =.=?

dude, with my limited reefing knowledge. If these dead skeletons have been baked under the sun to an extend till they turn white; that's Dead Rock. Or man-made fiber glass rocks from GO.

those dead skeletons of large SPS etc with lotsa small holes are used to house the beneficial bacteria with growing micro organisms etc are considered hence live rock. (ie. darkish color or coralline encrusted rocks etc, from established tank, or straight from the sea [ie. Fiji live rocks])

However, dried up white rocks can still become live again with bacteria dosing or using rotten prawn to culture such bacteria.

Hope this helps

[lcf425]

if you're looking for branched rocks,

Reborn has a tank full of it as well...

yupp i am been there le not alot left cause looking for big ones haha thanks^^

[lcf425]

dude, with my limited reefing knowledge. If these dead skeletons have been baked under the sun to an extend till they turn white; that's Dead Rock. Or man-made fiber glass rocks from GO.

those dead skeletons of large SPS etc with lotsa small holes are used to house the beneficial bacteria with growing micro organisms etc are considered hence live rock. (ie. darkish color or coralline encrusted rocks etc, from established tank, or straight from the sea [ie. Fiji live rocks])

However, dried up white rocks can still become live again with bacteria dosing or using rotten prawn to culture such bacteria.

Hope this helps

oh sis then if the rock is with coraline algae is it a live rock then? so white rocks are dead?please advise thanks^^

[Milch_Tan]

eh.. bro who u calling sis? lol, think my gender is specified under my avatar!!!

anyway, below pics: from left to right, all live rocks, and the last pic are considered dead rocks (ie. baked till become white, however can be "live" again). try googling, you'll see Tonga Branches are not cheap, and there's alot from Indon that looks really nice too, but you might wanna first ask what you wanna keep, cos might have limitations on coral placement compared to flat pieces.

Coraline algae doesn't grow w/o water and time, so if it contains coraline algae chances are that it is already a live rock, but careful of the pest/parasite that may embed on newly purchased live rocks, such as pest anemones, crabs, etc, that's y some ppl prefer baking their live rocks completely b4 using them, however doing so will also kill off any bacteria/pods that resides in it.

If your want a giant type of branch like rocks, y not try getting various branches and combine them together to make it look like a bigger piece?

Hope it helps.

[lcf425]

eh.. bro who u calling sis? lol, think my gender is specified under my avatar!!!

anyway, below pics: from left to right, all live rocks, and the last pic are considered dead rocks (ie. baked till become white, however can be "live" again). try googling, you'll see Tonga Branches are not cheap, and there's alot from Indon that looks really nice too, but you might wanna first ask what you wanna keep, cos might have limitations on coral placement compared to flat pieces.

Coraline algae doesn't grow w/o water and time, so if it contains coraline algae chances are that it is already a live rock, but careful of the pest/parasite that may embed on newly purchased live rocks, such as pest anemones, crabs, etc, that's y some ppl prefer baking their live rocks completely b4 using them, however doing so will also kill off any bacteria/pods that resides in it.

If your want a giant type of branch like rocks, y not try getting various branches and combine them together to make it look like a bigger piece?

Hope it helps.

wow thanks for the infor BRO! ps =.=