what kinda things does live rck grow to

[twelvejewelz]

hi new member. if you can please post pictures of organisms and what not that a simple liverock can grow into. anything will be apreacited pics or names thannks. (without adding anything but the live rock itself..

 

[Trogdor]

the lifespan of our tanks isn't sufficient for new growth of 'live rock'. Atleast nothing noticeable.

 

[johnanddawn]

the term live rock simply means that there are things living on it. the primary organism we want on our live rock is bacteria and obviously you can't see that. another common organism we like to gow is coraline algae which is not like most algaes in it is hard calcium skeleton and is usually pink or purple encrusting the rock. other things that grow on rock that are desireable are ast. tube worms and sponges. on some rare occations corals, bivalves, and even tunicates will be present.
live rock can also have present on it pest organisms like undesirable algae - like hair or valonia. pest anemones like aptasia and majanio also are frequent.
many sorts of small crustaceans and sometimes echinoderms also show up.

 

[twelvejewelz]

thanks thats basically what i was looking for . i guess i didnt ask the question correctly

 

[johnanddawn]

here are some pics the link is stickied in the ID section also

http://www.xtalworld.com/Aquarium/hitchfaq.htm

but other then watching out for pests - most of this stuff isn't worth worrying a whole lot about - choose your rock for shape and size