"George Patterson" wrote in message news:KhjPg.767$GO2.384@trnddc01...
Pszemol wrote:

Is it a sand freshly dug from the ocean botom and delivered to you
in styrofoam boxes overnight (or 2nd day air), like live rock is ?

Actually, uncured live rock usually takes at least two weeks to get from the
ocean around Fiji to your front door. It may spend days on Customs docks in L.A.
They're not going to dive for it one morning, pack it up that afternoon, and
have it to you the next day.

Two weeks - probably true, but not two weeks in the sealed box!
And it is only because you cannot ship to USA live rock mined
at the USA territory (Florida/Hawaii) so you ship it from Asia.
In case of live sand it is usually shipped from Florida because
shipment it is not restricted.