chaozie Posted January 20, 2005 Share Posted January 20, 2005 What would be a reasonable price per pound to pay for live rock? I don't want to get ripped off or buy stuff that too cheap and not good quality. Link to comment
Pinchy Posted January 20, 2005 Share Posted January 20, 2005 my work sells rock for 5.99/lbs. thats kinda expected here in central VA.. Link to comment
jenniebutterfly Posted January 20, 2005 Share Posted January 20, 2005 i pay $3.99 a pound but there are other places around here that sell for upwards of $7.99 a pound Link to comment
gussy Posted January 20, 2005 Share Posted January 20, 2005 I paid too much for Florida aquacultured rock. Link to comment
AdamChris76 Posted January 20, 2005 Share Posted January 20, 2005 Jenniebutterfly Where did you buy LR $3.99, and what kind of?? Link to comment
Executor Posted January 20, 2005 Share Posted January 20, 2005 I ordered 13 pounds from Jeff's Exotic fish - with overnight shipping it cost me less than 80 bucks. The rock is extremely colorful and I got a pretty good variety of different sized pieces. Link to comment
Chyendra Posted January 20, 2005 Share Posted January 20, 2005 rock in town here is expensive. 5.95 for figi and this plate stuff i got, 9.95 for tonga branch Link to comment
k5asl Posted January 20, 2005 Share Posted January 20, 2005 getting some from www.progressivemarine.com really good pricing im live about 90 miles from mobile gonna go over there and check it out. Here in ms. 65 miles north of the gulf live rock is ridiculous 799 for figi 9 bucks for tonga branch all of this rock is dead nothing living on it ordered 5 lbs from a fish place in claifornia and it looks much better for 350 a pound but after shipping it costs quite a bit hahaahha but anyway gonna go look at progessives set up this weekend if it is good stuff i will let yall know Link to comment
booboo Posted January 20, 2005 Share Posted January 20, 2005 3.99 for fiji in sac or sf Link to comment
silicon_dt Posted January 20, 2005 Share Posted January 20, 2005 Another option would be to find the website of your local reef oginization. There is usually always someone close wanting to sell some rock dirt cheap. And the up side is, that it's usually established rock. That's what I did. I found someone close wlling to sell me his rock for like $2 a pound. The rock also came with little frags he just threw in for free. Link to comment
jenniebutterfly Posted January 20, 2005 Share Posted January 20, 2005 adamchris~ i got it in queens at fishtown. i think it is fiji, cannot remember, but sometimes they have other kinds in the tank too. Link to comment
ebin Posted January 20, 2005 Share Posted January 20, 2005 2.99 for fiji and 3.50 for tonga. give or take a quarter. here in so cal. Link to comment
mik Posted January 20, 2005 Share Posted January 20, 2005 go for tbs. They in my opinion have the best rock around and is only $3.00 a pound with the package deal. Link to comment
chaozie Posted January 20, 2005 Author Share Posted January 20, 2005 But it's winter right now in CT, will they ship the live rock when it's this cold or will I have to buy an insane amount of heat packs? Link to comment
Howf777 Posted January 20, 2005 Share Posted January 20, 2005 i think you can save on shipping at tampa bay and pick up at your local airport Link to comment
vodomagoo Posted January 20, 2005 Share Posted January 20, 2005 ived payed up to 13 a pound for florida rock but it has more life then you could imange. clams oysters and muscels all over the place it is awsome stuff and we got some huge peices too. fugi was around 5 or 6 a pound Link to comment
Kool-cat Posted January 20, 2005 Share Posted January 20, 2005 Fishtown in queens. Fishtown says its premium fiji live rock. I brought all my live rock from them... $3.99 a pound... Link to comment
MinibowMatt Posted January 21, 2005 Share Posted January 21, 2005 i paid 3.79 for Fiji-- Very nice stuff. 7.99 for Tonga Branch I have seen it for 6.99 and 9.99 too. I live in N. Philadelphia area. Link to comment
ficklefins Posted January 21, 2005 Share Posted January 21, 2005 Here in the DC area you can expect around $7-8 a lb for the small LFS. But if you find the larger stores it is pretty easy to find a place that sells for $4 lb. I think that my next tank will be 80% base rock which is $2 a lb and use my current live rock for the rest. Link to comment
budask8r Posted January 22, 2005 Share Posted January 22, 2005 geez..here in texas i pay upwards of 8-9 bucks a pound for crappy condition figi/hatian (although my lfs did give me a deal for 5.69 a pound a while back..but then jacked the price back up) Link to comment
SeaSide Posted January 22, 2005 Share Posted January 22, 2005 As luceneck said, here in DC/MD/VA area, most lfs sell it around $6~8 a lb. A few larger lfs/nersury sell it like $5 per lb tho, I wouldn't count on their quality. I bought mine from Dr Mac, forgot how much it was, and is nice tho its kinda big size for nano... I'd go for Premium Aquatic Nano rock next time. It's $3.49 per lb and looks nice too. And... uhhh.. shipping... yup. that's PITA, but I'd pay shipping rather than paying LFS king's ransom for crappy rock. Link to comment
ofblong Posted January 22, 2005 Share Posted January 22, 2005 dr foster ns mith, live aquaria, etropics (all same place) I got mine from them for $2.50/lb for fiji and $2.75/lb for tonga a few months ago. and thats after shipping. there was tons and tons of life on the rock. Link to comment
Duke13 Posted January 23, 2005 Share Posted January 23, 2005 http://www.premiumaquatics.com/Merchant2/m...y_Code=Liverock Cheapest place I've seen for Kaelini Tonga Rock, one of the best rock you can buy IMO. Link to comment
zenlestat Posted February 22, 2005 Share Posted February 22, 2005 here in syracuse ny it goes fro about 6.99 a lb for keys rock and about 10.95 for fiji rock Link to comment
animal-lover Posted February 23, 2005 Share Posted February 23, 2005 Hey Pinchy, What store do you work for in Richmond? I travel thru there on the way to visit my family once a month and I'd love to be able to pick up live rock instead of having it shipped to me. Is the rock your store sells decent? Is it cured? Thanx! Link to comment
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