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Ocean Harvested Rock

What is Real Live Rock?

Real Live rock is Alive, and it contains living organisms that will benefit your aquarium!  
Living Rock host diverse micro and macro lifeforms both on the surface and inside the rock.
Bacteria, worms, sponges, bivalves, algae, shrimp, crabs, coralline, tunicates, and corals are examples of life found on ocean live rock.  These beneficial organisms provide biological filtration and a natural environment for marine aquariums. The best live rock is porous and full of inhabitants pushing water through the rock.
There is no substitute for sustainably ocean aquacultured live rock.
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What is Not Real Live Rock? 

Buyer Beware.  Just because the label says, ‘live rock’, it may not be live.
  • Wet rock is not live rock.  
  • Dry rock added to saltwater combined with bottle bacteria is not real live rock.  
  • Rock that is painted is not live rock.    
Real Live Rock has a plethora of diverse seen and unseen organisms living on and inside the rock.  
Ocean Farmed Rock is full of Beneficial Micro and Macro Lifeforms.
Our Live Rock always travels submerged.
Providing Life Support from harvest to shipping ensures the highest quality product.
The Best way to Cycle a New Tank is with the TBS Package.
Add TBS Live Rock directly to a functioning aquarium: no curing, no dipping.
TBS Diver Collected Live Sand is unmatched in its plethora of beneficial organisims.
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Tampa Bay Saltwater has been providing sustainably harvested live rock and sand for 38 years and counting.
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Why is Ocean Farmed Live Rock the Best? 

  • Clears and cleans water via biofiltration.
  • Creates a natural environment for marine inhabitants which reduces stress.
  • Contributes nutrients for food webs.
  • Cycles new tanks without plastic bottles, stinky shrimp, sacrificial chromis or guesswork.
  • Provides a natural microbial community for marine ecosystems. 

TBS Living Rock is created naturally by the sea and its inhabitants.

But Ocean Farmed Live Rock has Hitchhikers !

Yes, it sure does, and it’s the hitchhikers that make TBS Living Rock special. 
98% of TBS hitchhikers are beneficial:  bacteria, fan worms, tube worms, porcelain crabs, pistol shrimp, all macro algae, corals, bulb anemones, tunicates, corallines, sponges, hermit crabs, bryozoans, pincushion urchins, purple spined urchins and more. 
The small number of negative TBS hitchhikers are easily managed with a net, turkey baster or trap.  Customers occasionally find a friendly mantis shrimp (not really), a wondering whelk snail (easy to get out), a tasty stone crab juvenal (makes great conversation as a sump dweller) or an ugly isopod (evening hunting adventures). 
The benefits Ocean Farmed Live Rock delivers an aquarium, far outweighs a random trappable pest.                                                            

 How Not to Kill Ocean Farmed Live Rock? 

Do not cure TBS Live Rock. 
Curing is for rock that is dying, like rock shipped in paper or mishandled.  
Do not dip TBS Live Rock. 
Dipping will kill a majority of beneficial organisms found on ocean harvested rock.  Do not dip in fresh water, high salinity water, coral dips, insecticides, or peroxide.  
Do not leave TBS Live Rock in the box.  
Our live rock is so ALIVE, that it should be treated as a new fish or unique invert. Ocean Farmed products need life support upon arrival.  

Have a Question about our Live Rock? Email us.

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Tampa Bay Saltwater is a proud member of the reefkeeping community. We strive to educate and collaborate with like minded businesses to make a difference environmentally and socially. Let’s do something great.

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Florida Aquaculture Certification: AQ7562049
Florida Facility Location: 52-AQ-049
Florida Fish & Wildlife Wholesale Dealer: WD-191967
Florida Fish & Wildlife Retail Dealer: RC-217774
Saltwater Products License: SP-207626

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