cheap LR

[aresgod]

I just found this site. thought I would post it for those who are buying LR and looking for it cheap.

http://www.oceanproaquatics.com/shop/index.php/cPath/30_88

 

[OCCFan023]

thats a cool site, I was looking around and found this:

http://www.oceanproaquatics.com/shop/product_info.php/products_id/2758

I think I may get that for my 20

 

[1979camaro]

looks like some good rock at a good price

 

[aresgod]

LOL that would be funny, 7,900$, they also have some cheap live sand as well.

 

[Mushroomman]

Thats how I got some more rock, it was carribean rubble and sold cheap- 2.98/pound.

 

[Lotus]

Hmmm... what's the difference between pre-cured and fully cured? I know what fully cured is, but what's pre-cured... like half cured?

 

[Mushroomman]

Pre-cured will have some die back in your aquarium, so yeah, half cured, I think unless Im mistaken.

 

[KahluaZzZ]

i think they wrote pre-cured just because the rock is curing in their tanks right now.
I don't see uncured LR anywhere.

 

[Lotus]

Maybe it's really uncured and they're saying pre-cured to say "it's ready to cure" Thanks, I was just curious.

 

[1979camaro]

i have never heard of "pre-cured" rock either

 

[RockingCricket]

Thanks Aresgod. Great find. I dunno how you found this place. I thought I had browsed through every site that sells LR over the past few weeks. Excellent find. Thanks again.

 

[aresgod]

np, it was in the back of one of my magazines

 

[RockingCricket]

Only problem now is the amount of choice. *twirlysmi

And I thought Haiti and Caribbean LR were one and the same, but they differentiate at this site. It appears that their caribbean is old lettucehead? corals that have been encrusted over, and the haiti looks more like what I imagine tabletop to be.

I've managed to ID the live rock I got from my lfs the other day as fiji buna branch, something I was charged $5.99 per/lb for uncured and something this site charges $2.25 per/lb for cured (plus shipping). Go figure.

The Ultra Premium Fiji Buna Branch looks like the pick of the bunch in my opinion.

 

[RockingCricket]

Hmmm... what's the difference between pre-cured and fully cured? I know what fully cured is, but what's pre-cured... like half cured?

I found talk of pre-cured live rock at another site. They offered this description. First it is scrubbed of macro algae and sponge material. Then it is suspended over egg crates and sprayed with salt water to remove mantis shrimp and bristle worms.


Both sites claim that their rock is mantis shrimp free so I assume this 'pre-curing' method is universal.

 

[Henry22]

With shipping rockingcricket, the rock will probaly come out the same. I payed 8 for my fully cured fiji so you have it good.

 

[CAPSLOCK]

Remember, fully cured doesn't last through shipping if it's more than next day...

 

[Flame]

Just to echo capslock. I just bought 50 lbs of cured LR from my LFS yesterday. It came in about 8 am. I placed it in a tank of fresh salt water after I had brushed all the lose stuff off at about noon. The Ammonia, Nitrate, and Nitrite have sky rocketed this evening. I am about to do a complete water change and see what happens next.

 

[1979camaro]

even stuff shipped next day dry will have die off...if it has been cured before shipping you should expect it to be "re-cured" much more quickly

 

[dbacksrat]

wow those seem to be some pretty good deals...that kinda ticks me off

fyi last time i checked, liveaquaria.com had a great deal on a 45 lb box of fiji LR