"Wild" Rock

[Clink51]

I just came back from the Bahamas, which was beautiful. I got to snorkel by a small reef which was truely awesome. along the shore, there was ALOT of rock. i picked up some dry pieces with what look like no life on them, which im kay with. What is protocol with these pieces? how should i wash them?

 

[b-ridge]

I am just curious to know how you got the rock past customs?

 

[mheaven]

I've done it twice, Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico. All they ever did was put a sticker on my luggage stating it was inspected.

 

[jaa1456]

I brought back over 100lbs of live rock from Mexico before 9/11. They let me go right through.

 

[duromega]

regular curing process

do you know how is it done? (so I won't type all that in vain)

 

[arnaldolex]

i brought back a piece maybe ten threw 15 i put it in water for a day then just dumped it in lol no problems no worry but i do,have over 200 pounds

 

[Jenna X]

An MR friend gave me a few small pieces of cured rock (no more than 3 lbs) he got from the Carribean, from what I recall he cured them the same method you would any other LR.
Don't ask me for particulars, I don't have an eidetic memory. Good luck though!

 

[Clink51]

regular curing process

do you know how is it done? (so I won't type all that in vain)

Please do tell. I have never washed, I just boiled them

 

[asonitez]

ijust want to know how it got into the country. I want to travel to a few places and ship some things back. I wonder if i went to a LFS there and asked them to help me if they could ship things back. JasonFox travels alot and unless he has a cites cert .. i wonder how he brings back all those awesome goodies.

 

[Clink51]

I am just curious to know how you got the rock past customs?

its dead rock with no life on it, so i just packed it in some sweats and put it in my luggage. no issues.

am i okay to just boil the rocks for a while?

 

[albano]

Please do tell. I have never washed, I just boiled them

Cooking the rock is just an 'expression'...depending on what is on/in the rock, boiling them could release toxics into the air and make you and your family sick!

 

[Manolo_AP]

I boiled rocks once...ONCE...

DO NOT boil rocks. They made me sick for three days. Throat all puffed up. Everything tasted weird.

Don't do it

 

[Clink51]

okay so no boiling of rocks.... can someone point me to a detailed walkthrough on rock cleaning? im looking at maybe 5-8lbs of rock

 

[Manolo_AP]

I like pouring some hydrogen peroxide into a NEW spray bottle and spraying the surface of the rock with the peroxide. It kills algae, cyano, Dino and the like.
Let it sit for a few min. Then rinse the rock to remove excess peroxide.

 

[arnaldolex]

if you already have a running tank youll be ok just rinse in water peroxide wont be bad but i didnt do that i just rinsed it and put it in and my rock was way over ten pounds. As to bringing it in just put it in your luggage no worries its dead. I once went to floriday and brought back 13 pieces of live coral i caught up in a island called peanut island i bought a big black tote in walmart baggaged everything up in a foam box put it in the heavy duty black tote with a lock and paid 20 extra luggage fee and put it threw with no problems plan to do it again soon lol

 

[ctcorals]

jaa1456 wow! 100lb of LR you bring from mexico to usa?! that rock gotta to be $30 a pound regardlessly haha!

 

[KathyC]

jaa1456 wow! 100lb of LR you bring from mexico to usa?! that rock gotta to be $30 a pound regardlessly haha!

He said he did it over 13 years ago..when there weren't a whole lot of people reefing. I don't even know if stores would have been selling LR back then...