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Old 09-27-2016, 06:21 PM
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its about 2 foot in diameter but its almost round
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Ray, is your lava rock sometimes called feather rock??

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anyone ever try Coral? I googled but cannot find very many people who have tried.
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I have no idea.
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Coral is almost entirely calcium carbonate. Probably not a good substrate.
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Ive gathered up a few stones to on a couple flasks of phal pulcherima to experiement with.
ill post some pictures when i do
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Decided to try mounting a flask of Phalaenopsis pulcherrima on lava rock and on coral. They are both sitting in a tray of water.



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I hope you will post pictures periodically so we can watch everything grow. Good luck with both set ups!
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I hope you will post pictures periodically so we can watch everything grow. Good luck with both set ups!
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