[OVERDOSE]

I am new here and would appreciate some opinions. I am going to take the plunge and start a 24g aquapod reef tank. I have been looking to purchase LR online and came across a site REEFERMADNESS and the rock selection looks nice. I was wondering if anyone here has dealt with them. If not I would appreciate some suggestions on where to find nice live rock.

[spamreefnew]

the very best thing to do is to get a little bit from alot of places,,thats the only way to ensure getting all the little critters you want

[stephaniesquires]

I have purchased from mrmarine (e-bay) and wholesale aquatics (online) usually muh cheaper than lfs and good stuff...

[Jeremy0322]

I am pretty sure that LiveAquaria.com carries it and alot of the time they run a special where if you order over 100 dollars then you get free shipping. I don't know if that works for LR but that is what i was planning on doing. It would be cheaper than MrMarine if there was a big order, and they usually are from what i hear.

[checker Jim]

I looked at that site, as well as others and I am not really impressed with the prices. most of the stuff these places sell are the same price as the local stores. I guess if you didn't have any stores in your area it would make sense to buy online but from what I can see the online stores have the same prices as my local stores and you would still have to pay shipping and not have the benefit of seeing what you are buying before you buy.. I would buy locally.. just my 2 cents

[thelastmucci]

Jim would you not have bought your rock had it been local....even though they sell the same stuff on the Tampa site. I loved your rock and would probably use them instead of wholesaleaquatics who I was going to use to begin with but your rock is just awesome. Do you think it's worth the money?

[arctictwist]

try aquacon.com im getting 25 lbs of medium fiji rock from there after xmas. i already have 30 lbs in my tank tho. But i bet youd still get pretty good prices on it for alot.

[checker Jim]

well the way I figured it for me to order from Tampa. up to 100 lbs would cost 60 bucks in shipping so it is actually cheaper for me to take advantage of my local stores buying power. by the time I paid shipping it would have cost me well over the 11 bucks a pound I paid. and I get to cherry pick the rocks I want. If i were to buy direct from Tampa, no guarantee that I get as much life on the rocks. at least at the local store I can see what I am buying before I buy...
make sense?

[WILLIAM1]

Heres a place with some really nice rock that I came across

Premium Coralline

Not sure of the price but it looked great

[NATIVEVAMAN]

Even if you dont buy rock from here it has some great pics and interesting articles.
Marine Aquarium - Live Rock - Corals - Tonga - Fiji - Vanuatu - Marshall Islands

[OVERDOSE]

Thanks for the help everyone. I am picking up my rock at the airport today. I ended up purchasing it from Premium Coralline
I will take some pics and post them if anyone is interested if I can figure out how to post them.

[tonycip]

Originally Posted by OVERDOSE

Thanks for the help everyone. I am picking up my rock at the airport today. I ended up purchasing it from Premium Coralline
I will take some pics and post them if anyone is interested if I can figure out how to post them.

Ya I'd like to see it .. I saw that site it looked nice but what kind of rock was it? isen't coralline a type of alge?
The easyest way to do the pics is to go to photobucket.com and upload them there. then slect them from the album using the last chose of file types i think its img.. or something like that.. and then paste it in..

[checker Jim]

looks like the same stuff I have.. there is quite a few divers out there selling the same stuff. this guy seems to have a pretty good price.. take some pics when you get it I would love to see it.

[NATIVEVAMAN]

2.99 a pound is not that great a price for rock when you dont know where it came from.

[checker Jim]

says on his website it is from florida.. same stuff everyone else is selling. I like the florida rock, has much more life on it than all of the fiji stuff I have been seeing..

[NATIVEVAMAN]

If its from florida then its aquacultured rock.It has the best shape dynamite can provide.I prefer natural i'll take Fiji every time.

[arctictwist]

its also 84$ shipping. wholesaleaquatics is alot less, so is aquacon.

[NATIVEVAMAN]

The guy at LAX doesnt have any shipping charges.You pay the frieght bill at the airport when you pick it up.And picking it up at the airport cuts at least one day off the shipping time,maybe 2.

[arctictwist]

i always wondered about doing that. How much do they usually charge when you do that?

[NATIVEVAMAN]

Anywhere from 50 cents to 2 dollars a pound.When you call for the rock they can give you a ball park rate.

[arctictwist]

what happened to wholesaleaquatics? i just tried to go there and got some wierd site

[stacef]

Originally Posted by arctictwist

what happened to wholesaleaquatics? i just tried to go there and got some wierd site

I was just on there about an hour ago checking the status of an order we placed.

Wholesale Aquatic Supplies - Online Store: Real Live Sand with pods and zoos! (By the Pound)

[arctictwist]

ohhh see i was typing just wholesaleaquatics.com i thought i had been doing that the whole time, guess i was wrong!

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