Hello
I live in the Caribbean (Puerto Rico). Anyways I have some dead rock at home and I though that maybe I can go to some local reefs (beaches) and leave it there for like a year and then come back to pick it up. It will be live for sure and it will have pods etc.
What do you think?
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QUOTE (pakirri @ Jan 25 2010, 07:21 PM) 
Hello
I live in the Caribbean (Puerto Rico). Anyways I have some dead rock at home and I though that maybe I can go to some local reefs (beaches) and leave it there for like a year and then come back to pick it up. It will be live for sure and it will have pods etc.
What do you think?
I live in the Caribbean (Puerto Rico). Anyways I have some dead rock at home and I though that maybe I can go to some local reefs (beaches) and leave it there for like a year and then come back to pick it up. It will be live for sure and it will have pods etc.
What do you think?
LOL
see yardboy's thread. (Jetty biotope, not one of the others... 
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QUOTE (gmod @ Jan 26 2010, 12:54 AM)
LOL
HAHA
To answer your question...yes it would work, assuming you could find it after. The waves would almost certainly move it to a new location and you would loose it. You probably wouldn't need to leave it there for a year either.
assuming that you are leaving the rock at a beach in maryland where there is no reef, i think it would not work out well because of the climate difference. any live organisms that will inhabit the rock will die in your tank, but i dont really know about the bacteria, although i dont think much will survive again because of the temp difference.
even in the summer months i dont think the temp will come close to tropical temps
*wow, i completeley disregarded what you said in your post, sorry
yeah it would work, and it could be awesome, you might find some cool hitchikers, but you might also get some bad ones, see what lives in the water locally in terms of maybe pistol shrimp or crabs or mantis shrimp.
even in the summer months i dont think the temp will come close to tropical temps
*wow, i completeley disregarded what you said in your post, sorry
yeah it would work, and it could be awesome, you might find some cool hitchikers, but you might also get some bad ones, see what lives in the water locally in terms of maybe pistol shrimp or crabs or mantis shrimp.
QUOTE (doctaq @ Jan 30 2010, 12:10 AM)
assuming that you are leaving the rock at a beach in maryland where there is no reef, i think it would not work out well because of the climate difference. any live organisms that will inhabit the rock will die in your tank, but i dont really know about the bacteria, although i dont think much will survive again because of the temp difference.
even in the summer months i dont think the temp will come close to tropical temps
*wow, i completeley disregarded what you said in your post, sorry
yeah it would work, and it could be awesome, you might find some cool hitchikers, but you might also get some bad ones, see what lives in the water locally in terms of maybe pistol shrimp or crabs or mantis shrimp.
even in the summer months i dont think the temp will come close to tropical temps
*wow, i completeley disregarded what you said in your post, sorry
yeah it would work, and it could be awesome, you might find some cool hitchikers, but you might also get some bad ones, see what lives in the water locally in terms of maybe pistol shrimp or crabs or mantis shrimp.
would be hard to find again
+1 to checking with yardboy. To those who are not well informed, this is no different than what commercial companies do...
Sure, it would work. But I would probably not jsut throw it in and come bact to try and get it.
The companies who aquaculture LR ahve huge flats taht they put it on and can raise and lower from what I hear. Throwing it int he sand at the beach would probably be guaranteed to lose your rock in a day or 2.
I would put it in/on something or even tie it to a line and anchor it to the shore some how.
And I also agree, a year would be overkill unless you wanted to put it on the reef and wait for coral to naturally grow on it. But just to let it become "live" rock would take a couple weeks IMO.
The companies who aquaculture LR ahve huge flats taht they put it on and can raise and lower from what I hear. Throwing it int he sand at the beach would probably be guaranteed to lose your rock in a day or 2.
I would put it in/on something or even tie it to a line and anchor it to the shore some how.
And I also agree, a year would be overkill unless you wanted to put it on the reef and wait for coral to naturally grow on it. But just to let it become "live" rock would take a couple weeks IMO.
the companies are also permitted to do it...check with local regs etc so you dont get into trouble. nothing wrong with what you are doing, but that doesn't stop them from requiring a permit. Puerto Rico has very strict collection laws to begin with....
anywho..you can get a mantis or evil crabs from your rock should they appear by leaving it out in the sun for an hour. WHen the water warms up a few degrees they make a run for it, and end up going in circles in the bucket. then you just remove the rock....have fun and post pics! yardboys came out nice
Puerto Rico has very strict collection laws to begin with....anywho..you can get a mantis or evil crabs from your rock should they appear by leaving it out in the sun for an hour. WHen the water warms up a few degrees they make a run for it, and end up going in circles in the bucket. then you just remove the rock....have fun and post pics! yardboys came out nice
QUOTE (doctaq @ Jan 30 2010, 01:10 AM)
assuming that you are leaving the rock at a beach in maryland where there is no reef, i think it would not work out well because of the climate difference. any live organisms that will inhabit the rock will die in your tank, but i dont really know about the bacteria, although i dont think much will survive again because of the temp difference.
even in the summer months i dont think the temp will come close to tropical temps
*wow, i completeley disregarded what you said in your post, sorry
yeah it would work, and it could be awesome, you might find some cool hitchikers, but you might also get some bad ones, see what lives in the water locally in terms of maybe pistol shrimp or crabs or mantis shrimp.
even in the summer months i dont think the temp will come close to tropical temps
*wow, i completeley disregarded what you said in your post, sorry
yeah it would work, and it could be awesome, you might find some cool hitchikers, but you might also get some bad ones, see what lives in the water locally in terms of maybe pistol shrimp or crabs or mantis shrimp.
I will be leaving it @ puerto rico, not maryland lol, I have family there (where I was born) and go there like twice a year. My family's house its like 5min away from the north shore and there are alot of spots that are cristal clear blue water.
You could do it easily. Probably wont need more than a month and it will be full of life. I used to gather live rock in the Florida keys a long time ago (Before I even knew it was illegal and mayeb it wasnt back then). Sometimes you get some bad hitchhikers. I would find mantis shrimp all the time in rock that I gathered. By the way I used to live in bayamon PR.
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