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Live rock

These are rocks removed from the vicinity of a tropical coral reef with all of the life intact on them. They commonly have algae, sponges, worms, feather dusters, small crustaceans, polyps and urchins on them. Live rocks are an important way to build up a complete and stable ecosystem for a coral reef.

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