Update 7
ok aquascaping think tank
I am thinking of going with two bomies tiered in shelves. I want to go mix of dry rock with aquaroche bases. For those that have played around with aquaroche stuff before you will know why i am thinking this. They have amazing porosity and shelve really well.
They are however hand made in france and shipping hunks of rock from there isnt the cheapest exercise
Science time
Aquaroche Vs LR in posterity
To be very precise, purifying bacteria are between 1,2 and 1,5 µ. For a good colonisation, they need a shelter with open pores, ideally with a bottle shape, 20 µ to 100 µ. Aquaroche worked the porosity of their rocks so that they have a maximum of open pores, linked together and to a net of canals and fissures from 100 µ to a few millimetres where a micro fauna can develop.
This porosity is active on the surface but also inside the rocks like good natural live rocks
All their rocks with this specific porosity have the
"LiVe Rock Function ®"- LV label.
The porosity is regular.
On photos you can see the partial cut of a rock, with the different canals, fissures and pores.
Dimensions of rock : 20 x 25 x H 8 cm, cut part: 10 x 7 cm, the close view corresponds to 6 x 5 cm.
rock with partial transversal cut
[Broken External Image]:http://www.aquaroche.fr/images/popup/actualites/porosite07b.jpg
rock with partial transversal cut
[Broken External Image]:http://www.aquaroche.fr/images/popup/actualites/porosite07c.jpg
Cut - real size: 6 x 5 cm
[Broken External Image]:http://www.aquaroche.fr/images/popup/actualites/porosite07d.jpg
I am thinking of going with two bomies tiered in shelves. I want to go mix of dry rock with aquaroche bases. For those that have played around with aquaroche stuff before you will know why i am thinking this. They have amazing porosity and shelve really well.
They are however hand made in france and shipping hunks of rock from there isnt the cheapest exercise
Science time
Aquaroche Vs LR in posterity
To be very precise, purifying bacteria are between 1,2 and 1,5 µ. For a good colonisation, they need a shelter with open pores, ideally with a bottle shape, 20 µ to 100 µ. Aquaroche worked the porosity of their rocks so that they have a maximum of open pores, linked together and to a net of canals and fissures from 100 µ to a few millimetres where a micro fauna can develop.
This porosity is active on the surface but also inside the rocks like good natural live rocks
All their rocks with this specific porosity have the
"LiVe Rock Function ®"- LV label.
The porosity is regular.
On photos you can see the partial cut of a rock, with the different canals, fissures and pores.
Dimensions of rock : 20 x 25 x H 8 cm, cut part: 10 x 7 cm, the close view corresponds to 6 x 5 cm.
rock with partial transversal cut
[Broken External Image]:http://www.aquaroche.fr/images/popup/actualites/porosite07b.jpg
rock with partial transversal cut
[Broken External Image]:http://www.aquaroche.fr/images/popup/actualites/porosite07c.jpg
Cut - real size: 6 x 5 cm
[Broken External Image]:http://www.aquaroche.fr/images/popup/actualites/porosite07d.jpg