Base rock into live rock?

[Riley]

I just read in on one of the subjects here that if you have mainly live rock in your set up, and the odd piece of base rock then it will turn into live rock as your tank matures....is this true? I might have read it wrong cause im a bit tired so can someone please correct me if im wrong?! thanks

 

[Grey Legion]

it is true, as long as your base rock is pourus it will take time but it will happen..

good way to save some $$

 

[Riley]

awesome. What exactly is pourus? becuase I have two differen't types of base rocks..one is a whiteish baegish colour and the other is like redish maroon.

 

[Sean_Buckley]

If you're doing a large tank, then it would be a good way to save some money, because as you stocked it slowly, the base rock would be colonized as the bio-load increased (the more food, the more bacteria). But if you're doing a small tank that isn't going to be stocked with many fish, then you might save (maybe) $20 or so, but you would have to wait a while for all the base rock to be colonized. I think this is right, this is how I remember it being told to me by an employee at a NSLFS.
HTH
Sean

 

[Riley]

okay thanks