I just bought 65 pounds of live rock!

[kindaconfused]

wow that stuff is expensive. I payed $300 bucks for this stuff. But i got a really really good batch. Its really really colorfull! Just venting a bit. Im so excited. Now i have to arrange it. Thats going to take a while.

 

[RockingCricket]

$300 doesn't sound like a very good deal for 65 lbs. $4.60 per/lb is expensive, even for the ultra premium stuff.

Also, you have replies to a previous thread you began, which you havent responded to.

 

[1979camaro]

well, if he bought it at the LFS $4.60 a pound is actually a pretty good deal

 

[RockingCricket]

Live rock from the LFS is expensive. I would expect to pay about 1/3 less for that amount if ordered online, but if you have enough money to pay for the convenience that of buying from your LFS gives you, and also for the handpicking, then more power to you.

 

[kindaconfused]

the best place around here with the best quality sellsit for 5.99 a pound. also i liv in southern cali so everything is so much more expensive.

 

[OCCFan023]

i would kill for those prices, mines 7.99... The thing about this is he got to pick out the rocks in person so he could pick out the quality pecies and moral appealing to the eye.

 

[1979camaro]

where in SD did you go for the rock? fountains?

 

[kindaconfused]

aquatic wherehouse. its south of sd

 

[KahluaZzZ]

4.60$ i wish..i can't get it under 7-8 $

 

[FishGeek]

Well that is nothing. I just spent $205 on 8 lbs of live rock ($7.99/lb) 1 rock of about a dozen Blue Mushrooms ($59.99), a small bunch of Star Polyps ($19.99) and 2 Kenya Trees ($29.99/each)

 

[RockingCricket]

For those of you paying ridiculously high prices for your rock, I should probably point you to the ridiculously low prices offered at the website which Aresgod found last week. They'll certainly be getting my custom.

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

 

[aresgod]

your 7 gallon seems a bit overstocked for when those fish grow out.

and 4.65 is sooo cheap for LR I pay about 8$/lb put its cherry picked and is some of the best LR i have ever seen.

 

[kindaconfused]

Thats how mine is. The guy at the store was just gawking over the incredible selection. he said i got the best pick they have had in a while and alot better than any of his tanks

 

[seastaar88]

$4.60 is a great price. the shop i used to work at sodl it for $7/#. plus, it's totally worth it if it's as good looking as she says it is.

 

[OCCFan023]

Well that is nothing. I just spent $205 on 8 lbs of live rock ($7.99/lb) 1 rock of about a dozen Blue Mushrooms ($59.99), a small bunch of Star Polyps ($19.99) and 2 Kenya Trees ($29.99/each)

those are corals your paying for though right?

 

[Henry22]

Yeah, my is 8 for fiji, 12 for carribean or somethings else and 15 for marhshall island. And ordering online rock can cost alot for shipping and and then its uncured and you have to cure it for a month so its just a hassle, why not spend the extra 4 bucks per lb.

 

[RockingCricket]

why not spend the extra 4 bucks per lb

Why not?.....because it isn't just $4 more per pound. You can pay double or more for the luxury of having shop bought pre-cured, hand selected, immediate live rock. It sound like a lot of you guys are paying far more than double the price it is available for on the internet, shipping included. If you are starting a new system and are therefor able to cure in your uninhabited tank, curing doesn't pose so much of a hassle. I guess it is just a choice that each of us and our wallets have to make.

 

[Henry22]

Well for a 15 gallon tank, buying online was a waste of time and money, and I could pick out the rocks i like. But i geuss for a bigger tank buying online would be better.

 

[Flame]

I bought 50lbs for $170 cured. Lots of stuff on it sure wished I knew what it was LOL. I will have Digital Camera in the future so I can send pics to you folks.

 

[DustinKeating]

Where i work (nova scotia, canada) we charge $15.00 cdn a pound which isn't unusual. Even at cost my rock is more expensive than that.