I have a 75 gallon freshwater tank and i want to know if i can put live rock in my tank?

Question

help me

Answer 1

The live rock you see in stores is for a marine fish tank, the life in the rock, mainly small invertebrates, micro fauna, and beneficial bacteria(beneficial for the most part), would soon die in freshwater.

Live rock can be a very important biological filter in a saltwater aquarium, and is used a lot as the base for corals.

Answer 2

If you want to put live rock in your tank, you will need to go salt water. The live rock you might purchase from a store is full of marine organisms, which wouldn't survive a fw tank (so that would defeat the whole purpose of live rock).  If you're wanting it for a more decorative purpose, there are many tank decorations  out there that have been designed to resemble live rock.

Remember that going marine will mean a whole lot more commitment than a freshwater...although I know some diehard fw aquarists (self included) might disagree.

Answer 3

If you have found a living rock, I wouldn't risk it. I'd start a show with the rock as the main attraction, especially if he/she can talk.

What's his name?

Answer 4

if it were salt water you could

Answer 5

no switch to saltwater than it would be fine

Answer 6

go saltwater, end of story

Answer 7

The live rock you see for sale in stores is meant for saltwater tanks.  But in reality, any rock you put in your tank will eventually become "live".  All the "live" refers to is that there are bacteria present that help cycle the tank wastes.  All the sponges, shrimp, macroalgae, etc. (which wouldn't survive in a freshwater tank) are just a bonus.

One other thing to think about here is that live rock is aragonite (calcium carbonate) which will raise the pH and hardness in a freshwater tank - that type of rock would be okay for fish like livebearers and African cichlids which normally live in these conditions, but not all fish would appreciate that environment.  If you want freshwater fish, any rock you would buy for a freshwater tank would eventually have a population of bacteria to cycle the wastes, but without changing your water chemistry.  So your rock would technically be "live", although it's not thought of that way for freshwater as much as it is for saltwater.

Answer 8

you COULD.. but it'd be a waste of some really exspensive rock as it would 'die' in less than 30 minutes

Answer 9

only put live rock in a saltwater aquarium and you need to make sur everything is perfect before you do as marine can be alot of effort and does take a long time to set up and adjust if your just looking for tropical just stick with normal rocks you can get a massive selection

Answer 10

I don't know what you mean by Live rock, But any commercial rock should be ok. If you pick up rocks at a park, quarry, or river,etc. you could introduce a rock that will leach out chemicals that will corrupt the ph of your tank.