The food that has produced the best growth is made up of blended fish and shrimp meat that has been mixed in SeaChem Reef Plus This red mixture has vitamins and iodide. We use four tablespoons of Reef Complete to one tabespoon food. We produce many of the finest colors using systems just like this one. We add 10 pounds of Grunge TM on top of 40 pounds of CaribSea Seaflor and we grow Combo Rocks in the bottom of the reef. The best combination tank grown live rocks have a heavy growth of coraline algae.
Color is the most inportant single thing that sells reef rocks.
The animals that you put on the rocks should be able to live close together. It is best if at least one of these cuttings has bright colors. The only rule we have on size is related to what we have learned about maketing tank grown live rocks. Easy to grow species will be bought most often by people who are just starting a reef aquarium. These people tend to want to fill the new tank with rock so they will pick out cuttings on larger rocks.