Re: live rock purchase over the Internet?

[Ken]

I just ordered the 44lbs box of the "pre-cure" fiji from Marine depot
and I am happy with it. There is still some life on it even toguh I'm
not sure how much will survive the curing process. But there is
purple, green and orange coraline on all the pieces. The shipment was
well packed with nice large pieces and very very little rubble in the
bottom of the box.
With shipping to Minnesota it worked out to about $4.50 a pound whcih
is a lot better than the $9-$10 range I see at the LFS for rock with
no life on it what so ever.

Ken D


"Joe V." > wrote in message >...
> Was curious if anyone buys live rock over the Internet ... Found 2 sites I
> was considering using:
>
> Fiji Live Rock - 46lbs for $100
> http://www.petsolutions.com/cgi-bin/cgiitmls?m=ThisP&p=168630.000000&l=73
>
> Fiji Live Rock - 44lbs for $149.95
> http://www.marinedepotlive.com/lr.html
>
> I don't understand the price difference, but my plan was to combine this
> with selected live rock specimans from local stores ... I've read about
> curing, and plan to treat this as uncured regardless of what the website
> says.
>
> Good plan or bad? As always, any advice/comments/suggestions would be
> appreciated!
>
> Thanks!

[Kevin Napolillo]

On 7/25/03 2:03 PM, in article
, "Ken" >
wrote:

> I just ordered the 44lbs box of the "pre-cure" fiji from Marine depot
> and I am happy with it. There is still some life on it even toguh I'm
> not sure how much will survive the curing process. But there is
> purple, green and orange coraline on all the pieces. The shipment was
> well packed with nice large pieces and very very little rubble in the
> bottom of the box.
> With shipping to Minnesota it worked out to about $4.50 a pound whcih
> is a lot better than the $9-$10 range I see at the LFS for rock with
> no life on it what so ever.
>
> Ken D
>
>
> "Joe V." > wrote in message
> >...
>> Was curious if anyone buys live rock over the Internet ... Found 2 sites I
>> was considering using:
>>
>> Fiji Live Rock - 46lbs for $100
>> http://www.petsolutions.com/cgi-bin/cgiitmls?m=ThisP&p=168630.000000&l=73
>>
>> Fiji Live Rock - 44lbs for $149.95
>> http://www.marinedepotlive.com/lr.html
>>
>> I don't understand the price difference, but my plan was to combine this
>> with selected live rock specimans from local stores ... I've read about
>> curing, and plan to treat this as uncured regardless of what the website
>> says.
>>
>> Good plan or bad? As always, any advice/comments/suggestions would be
>> appreciated!
>>
>> Thanks!

Check out www.gulf-view.com

I just got 60lbs of his deco rock, and it looks better out of the box than
the pictures on his site. He dove for the rock and I had it in my tank in
less than 12 hours, Tampa to Maine, with almost no die off, and tons of
life. Dale is great to work with. Worked out to about $7.00 a lb, but this
rock is fantastic.

Kevin

[CapFusion]

Cured or not, you still need to cycle it in a holding tank or QT. There will
be some die-off of some sort. Alot or little, it really depend on the trip
and how good it package together.

CapFusion,...


"Joe V." > wrote in message
...
> Was curious if anyone buys live rock over the Internet ... Found 2 sites I
> was considering using:
>
> Fiji Live Rock - 46lbs for $100
> http://www.petsolutions.com/cgi-bin/cgiitmls?m=ThisP&p=168630.000000&l=73
>
> Fiji Live Rock - 44lbs for $149.95
> http://www.marinedepotlive.com/lr.html
>
> I don't understand the price difference, but my plan was to combine this
> with selected live rock specimans from local stores ... I've read about
> curing, and plan to treat this as uncured regardless of what the website
> says.
>
> Good plan or bad? As always, any advice/comments/suggestions would be
> appreciated!
>
> Thanks!
>
>

[PaulB]

I got some live rock from Harbor Aquatics and it was excellent live
rock. It would be my first choice.


Joe V. wrote:
> Was curious if anyone buys live rock over the Internet ... Found 2 sites I
> was considering using:
>
> Fiji Live Rock - 46lbs for $100
> http://www.petsolutions.com/cgi-bin/cgiitmls?m=ThisP&p=168630.000000&l=73
>
> Fiji Live Rock - 44lbs for $149.95
> http://www.marinedepotlive.com/lr.html
>
> I don't understand the price difference, but my plan was to combine this
> with selected live rock specimans from local stores ... I've read about
> curing, and plan to treat this as uncured regardless of what the website
> says.
>
> Good plan or bad? As always, any advice/comments/suggestions would be
> appreciated!
>
> Thanks!
>
>

[Patrick]

I purchased about 150 lbs of LR from Tampa Bay Sal****er, and am
extremely happy with it. More life than I have ever seen on rock,
including lots of cool hitchikers.

Shipped in water - with my skimmer going I never even had a measurable
ammonia spike.



"Joe V." > wrote in message >...
> Was curious if anyone buys live rock over the Internet ... Found 2 sites I
> was considering using:
>
> Fiji Live Rock - 46lbs for $100
> http://www.petsolutions.com/cgi-bin/cgiitmls?m=ThisP&p=168630.000000&l=73
>
> Fiji Live Rock - 44lbs for $149.95
> http://www.marinedepotlive.com/lr.html
>
> I don't understand the price difference, but my plan was to combine this
> with selected live rock specimans from local stores ... I've read about
> curing, and plan to treat this as uncured regardless of what the website
> says.
>
> Good plan or bad? As always, any advice/comments/suggestions would be
> appreciated!
>
> Thanks!