I agree with George. Premium Aquatics has nice rock and is a good place to
order from. I've ordered several times from them. Their rock has much more
life form than my local fish store. I was always happy with it.

Susan
"George Patterson" wrote in message
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wrote:
Its going to need a bunch of live rock, and I'm
probably going to have to mail order it because I live in a small,
isolated town without a LFS.

I bought one order of "Tonga Deepwater" from Drs. Foster and Smith and one
order of uncured Tonga rock from Premium Aquatics. The "Tonga Deepwater"
comes in 30 pound lots. I was (and still am) very pleased with mine. All
large pieces, just as advertised. The stuff from Premium Aquatics was also
as advertised, but it had a few pounds of rubble and more small pieces
than the F&S product. I complained here at the time about the amount of
rubble and small pieces, but the small pieces got chucked in the tank
anyway. The PA product also was wrapped in Asian newspaper, having been
shipped to me directly from the dock in California. I consider that a
plus, since there's a better chance of hitchhikers that way.

I just checked their site, and Premium Aquatics is sold out of their Tonga
rock. They've also increased their prices a bit, but they have a discount
on shipments of 40 pounds or more.

I would not hesitate to order from either company again. In fact, if I
were setting up a tank from scratch, I would probably buy all the rock
from Premium Aquatics; it's hard to beat $3.99/lb for Tonga rock.

George Patterson
If you torture the data long enough, eventually it will confess
to anything.