Does anyone get uncured live rock?

[leoskee]

I want to get a case of uncured live rock. Im talking about fresh, right off of the plane, still in the box kind. Does anyone have access to this kinda rock?

If you do, please PM me with the info.

Thanks.

Leo

 

[bigbris1]

Try DrMacCorals.com

This is where I ordered my box rock twice before.

 

[DevIouS]

Can I ask....why?

Just curious.

 

[Chiefmcfuz]

If you order a box of rock from any online vendor you will have to cure it.

 

[basiab]

Try ebay or any of the e-tailers. By the way you need a place to cure it where it will not smell up the whole place.

 

[leoskee]

I want to use the uncured rock to seed 250lbs of dried live rock. I had a battle with hydroids that drove me to drink. They spread across everything in my tank. Finding no definite solution, and I tried many, I decided to take all of my live rock out of the tank, scrape it clean, dry the rock out and start over.

I plan on throwing all of the dried rock in a 75gl and seeding it with uncured rock. The reason for this is the greater variety of living organisms found on uncured rock vs cured rock. Being that I dont plan on setting up my next tank until the summer I will have several months to let the uncured rock cook along with the dried rock.

Basically, Im going to set up a reef tank just for rock because I plan on running a photo period, skimmer, water movement and water changes.

 

[leoskee]

Try ebay or any of the e-tailers. By the way you need a place to cure it where it will not smell up the whole place.

Im quite familiar with curing rock for all of those concerned lol. I made the mistake of curing my first 100 lbs of live rock in my living room when I was living at home. I put all of the rock into a 55gl tank with a Whisper 2 running. Hey, I was 16 and it was a biggest mistake . The apartment really smelled for 2 weeks straight. My mother must have used a case of Wizard air-freshener.

Now I own a home so I will be putting the rock in the basement.

 

[Solace Aquatics LLC]

we import all sorts of live rock, it is a 4 box min on most direct orders.
we have recently found some really nice Bali cultured Live rock, (barely had any smell and very little die off) that run about the same price, all in the $4-$5/lbs range. Save the reefs, buy cultured.
but we can get smaller shipments for a premium of like .50/lbs
if you want a list let me know.
-Steve
NaCl H2O

 

[rookie07]

we import all sorts of live rock, it is a 4 box min on most direct orders.
we have recently found some really nice Bali cultured Live rock, (barely had any smell and very little die off) that run about the same price, all in the $4-$5/lbs range. Save the reefs, buy cultured.
but we can get smaller shipments for a premium of like .50/lbs
if you want a list let me know.
-Steve
NaCl H2O

Thats the way to do it...SAVE THE REEFS

 

[Solace Aquatics LLC]

Take a Look,
50-65Lbs/box $5.75/Lbs - 1 Box/ $5.25/Lbs - 4 Box min (plus between 20 and 50/box shipping depending on the day it seems)

Save the Reefs:thrash:

 

[jejton]

Um but arent you running the same risk of hydroids by curing the new rock with the dry ? You're better off curing it separately as a quarantine method to make sure its pest free and then combining it with the old rock ( though it will take longer as you will probably have a second cycle if there is much organic dead stuff in the dry rock ).

 

[leoskee]

Dude, if there are any hydroids left in the dry rock after drying it near the boiler for almost 2 months I will quit the hobby (If your talking about the dry rock). If the new rock happens to have hydroids....well, I guess it was destined to be.

As far as QTing the rock separately: That goes agains the purpose of what I want to do. I want to seed the dry rock with as much life as there is in the uncured rock. Im not sure if you have seen uncured rock that has arrived direct from Fiji before. I was unlucky to get my hands on 100 lbs of the stuff when I first started a FOWLR tank (unlucky because I wish I had gotten regular base rock and had saved the opportunity for the good stuff for now). I helped pick up the shipment from JFK. The rock was covered, inch to inch, millimeter to millimeter, with sponges, corals, algae, small gorgonians, etc... The curing process will kill alot of this organic matter off. But at least there will be a greater biodiversity left over after curing than if I used regular cured rock bought from a tank to seed my dry rock.

Anyone else with info. Ive had 2 people give me info.

Thanks guys.

 

[Killerdrgn]

Dude, if there are any hydroids left in the dry rock after drying it near the boiler for almost 2 months I will quit the hobby (If your talking about the dry rock). If the new rock happens to have hydroids....well, I guess it was destined to be.

As far as QTing the rock separately: That goes agains the purpose of what I want to do. I want to seed the dry rock with as much life as there is in the uncured rock. Im not sure if you have seen uncured rock that has arrived direct from Fiji before. I was unlucky to get my hands on 100 lbs of the stuff when I first started a FOWLR tank (unlucky because I wish I had gotten regular base rock and had saved the opportunity for the good stuff for now). I helped pick up the shipment from JFK. The rock was covered, inch to inch, millimeter to millimeter, with sponges, corals, algae, small gorgonians, etc... The curing process will kill alot of this organic matter off. But at least there will be a greater biodiversity left over after curing than if I used regular cured rock bought from a tank to seed my dry rock.

Anyone else with info. Ive had 2 people give me info.

Thanks guys.

I think he means to qt it for a little while and then combine them a litle while later on, so after the die off you can check for aptaisia, hydroids, xanthids, etc. and get rid of them before seeding the dried rock.

 

[leoskee]

I think he means to qt it for a little while and then combine them a litle while later on, so after the die off you can check for aptaisia, hydroids, xanthids, etc. and get rid of them before seeding the dried rock.

Okay, I didnt understand it like that. That is something to consider. But again, if I end up with a hydroid invasion again I am selling all of my equipment :headache: and finding a new hobby. lol

Thanks for the clarification.

 

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try tampa bay sat water http://www.tampabaysaltwater.com/ if u ask they have a premium rock not listed on website for 6.00/lbs they ship directly to your nearest airport u have to go and pick up

 

[leoskee]

try tampa bay sat water http://www.tampabaysaltwater.com/ if u ask they have a premium rock not listed on website for 6.00/lbs they ship directly to your nearest airport u have to go and pick up

Thanks for the info. The only problem with them is that they want extra fees for everything. It didnt work out for the 50lbs I wanted.


Thanks for all of the info guys. I found someone that will get me a 50lb box of the fiji rock I want for a good price.