"Setting Up a Saltwater Aquarium - Aquacultured Live Rock"," You, as the saltwater aquarist, have the opportunity to introduce ""live rocks"" into your saltwater aquarium, which bring a natural feel to your saltwater aquarium.
These ""rocks can contain life in the form of coral, crustaceans, algae, and many others.
These live rocks contain life in the same way that you would find life on the surface of rocks taken from the wild.
These rocks are raised to contain the life that you find on them now.
Therefore aquacultured rocks are ""grown"" in the same type of environment but in very eco-friendly ways.
As time progresses the natural inhabitants in the ocean environment begin to dwell within the implanted rock.
When the proper time comes these implanted rocks are harvested.
This process takes dead material and harmful bacteria off of the ""live rock"" so when it is introduced into a saltwater aquarium it will not harm the system.
Each of these creatures creates an even more natural environment for your saltwater aquarium.
The flora and fauna contained within aquacultured rocks are mostly filter feeders which strain the saltwater within your aquarium and remove excess food and pollutants.
They can however, prove to be an incredible natural monitoring system for the health of your saltwater aquarium.
In particular, if the algae on an aquacultured ""live rock"" grows significantly, you can be almost certain that you have high nitrate levels within your system.
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