branch or fiji?

leveldrummer · 12-23-2005, 05:05 PM

im going to order a box of live rock from a lfs. they offer fiji and "branch". are their any differences between these other than the shape? id like the idea of the branch rock because it seems more stackable and easier to create passage ways and such. any feedback ? any one have any comments?

flamingo · 12-23-2005, 07:05 PM

Theres really not awhole lot of a difference other than the stackability issue.

It's really just your personal taste...

**TheOldSalt** · 12-24-2005, 07:40 AM

Branch sucks.

I personally wouldn't touch either with a ten foot pole, but if you just have to have one of these, go with the fiji, not the tonga branch. Branch is just encrusted chunks of non-porous, superdense Acropora skeletons whish are pretty much worthless as live rock. Their chief use is as decoration, not system building.

AshleytheGreat · 12-24-2005, 08:11 AM

TOS, what would you say is the best live rock to get?

**Osiris** · 12-24-2005, 08:13 AM

I agree, branching is only good for a cool design or two, but stacking it blows. I use tonga branch, tiny pieces for frags as it's easy to set next to a coral..

My personally favorite one im getting 2 boxes of is the Lalo Rock, that stuff is soo nice.

leveldrummer · 12-24-2005, 01:23 PM

those two types of rock are offered at just ONE of my lfs, it has the best reputation around the area for salt water, but their are others that offer other rock, i was just wondering about the branch because i hear EVERYONE talk about fiji. i dont know why though. what kinds of rock are good for an ecosystem? stackability isnt an issue, dealing with cichlids, ive become a rock stacking pro. if i had 20 spheres, i could stack them into a perfect square, and it not topple down, lol.

**TheOldSalt** · 12-25-2005, 07:50 AM

I like Caribbean/Gulf of Mexico rock. It looks fantastic with a wide array of colors, the great profusion of critters on it survive very well, it's highly porous ( but a bit denser than fiji ) and best of all, it doesn't have all those blasted planarians on it. It comes in many showy shapes from boulder to shelf to stand-alone sculpture, and it often has corals already on it.

leveldrummer · 12-25-2005, 09:40 AM

planarians? 'splain please?

**Fishfirst** · 12-25-2005, 03:23 PM

planarians=pain in the butt

leveldrummer · 12-25-2005, 07:06 PM

haha ok, can you go just a tiny bit deeper? im not looking for a websters definition, just a quick, " its some little dudes that live on the such and such", would work just fine.

12-23-2005, 05:05 PM	#1
leveldrummer something like a pimp Join Date: May 2005 Location: atlanta Age: 29 Posts: 1,933	branch or fiji? im going to order a box of live rock from a lfs. they offer fiji and "branch". are their any differences between these other than the shape? id like the idea of the branch rock because it seems more stackable and easier to create passage ways and such. any feedback ? any one have any comments?

12-23-2005, 07:05 PM	#2
flamingo One Word: Croutons. Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Wisconsin Age: 17 Posts: 1,899	Theres really not awhole lot of a difference other than the stackability issue. It's really just your personal taste... __________________ If you put "u" instead of typing out the actual, shocking, three letter word... i'm not going to read your ramblings. I'm so behind it's not even funny.

12-24-2005, 08:11 AM	#4
AshleytheGreat Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Mi Town Posts: 785	TOS, what would you say is the best live rock to get? __________________ So let the haters hate, let the doubters doubt, I stand by my book, and my life, and I won't dignify this malarkey with any sort of further response.

12-24-2005, 08:13 AM	#5
Osiris Super Moderator Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Wisconsin Age: 25 Posts: 3,717	I agree, branching is only good for a cool design or two, but stacking it blows. I use tonga branch, tiny pieces for frags as it's easy to set next to a coral.. My personally favorite one im getting 2 boxes of is the Lalo Rock, that stuff is soo nice. __________________ Reality is for people who can't handle Science-Fiction

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12-24-2005, 07:40 AM	#3
TheOldSalt Darth Ichthyos Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 4,360	Branch sucks. I personally wouldn't touch either with a ten foot pole, but if you just have to have one of these, go with the fiji, not the tonga branch. Branch is just encrusted chunks of non-porous, superdense Acropora skeletons whish are pretty much worthless as live rock. Their chief use is as decoration, not system building.

12-24-2005, 01:23 PM	#6
leveldrummer something like a pimp Join Date: May 2005 Location: atlanta Age: 29 Posts: 1,933	those two types of rock are offered at just ONE of my lfs, it has the best reputation around the area for salt water, but their are others that offer other rock, i was just wondering about the branch because i hear EVERYONE talk about fiji. i dont know why though. what kinds of rock are good for an ecosystem? stackability isnt an issue, dealing with cichlids, ive become a rock stacking pro. if i had 20 spheres, i could stack them into a perfect square, and it not topple down, lol.

12-25-2005, 07:50 AM	#7
TheOldSalt Darth Ichthyos Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 4,360	I like Caribbean/Gulf of Mexico rock. It looks fantastic with a wide array of colors, the great profusion of critters on it survive very well, it's highly porous ( but a bit denser than fiji ) and best of all, it doesn't have all those blasted planarians on it. It comes in many showy shapes from boulder to shelf to stand-alone sculpture, and it often has corals already on it.

12-25-2005, 09:40 AM	#8
leveldrummer something like a pimp Join Date: May 2005 Location: atlanta Age: 29 Posts: 1,933	planarians? 'splain please?

12-25-2005, 07:06 PM	#10
leveldrummer something like a pimp Join Date: May 2005 Location: atlanta Age: 29 Posts: 1,933	haha ok, can you go just a tiny bit deeper? im not looking for a websters definition, just a quick, " its some little dudes that live on the such and such", would work just fine.

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