Wtb Tampa bay live rock

[pikachux3]

what was the price?

Interested in price as well, did not see the Fiji rock listed on website for some reason

 

[drexel]

what was the price?

It's not cheap, probably close to $18/lb. I got around 12lbs and it was around $190ish, I think? You don't need much to seed other rock, the more you get the faster the process, so if you're patient, just buy a few pounds and let time do the work. This why I like to use Polyp Lab genesis blocks, they're an instant kick-starter and easy to move around when needed.

 

[joseserrano]

Aussie rock is like 20-25 a lb with a 5lb min typically. Fiji is back and being brought in. I have not heard a retail price, but cheaper than Aussie, but not as nice looking as Aussie. The videos I saw are not the quality of before.

 

[Confuse]

I was planning to do try gulf live rock out, did you do the airport pickup? was planning to put them in my sump anyways

No. I did the UPS next day air. If you did the airport pick up, I'd probably go with TBS. They seem a little more hobbyist friendly (had a booth at RAP, have good communication on R2R, etc.) and more receptive to special requests (shapes). I feel like the gulf guy just threw a bunch of random rocks in a box after telling him I wanted smaller rocks for my nano.

 

[Confuse]

I was planning to do try gulf live rock out, did you do the airport pickup? was planning to put them in my sump anyways

No. I did the UPS next day air. If you did the airport pick up, I'd probably go with TBS. They seem a little more hobbyist friendly (had a booth at RAP, have good communication on R2R, etc.) and more receptive to special requests (shapes). I feel like the gulf guy just threw a bunch of random rocks in a box after telling him I wanted smaller rocks for my nano.

 

[anthonys_aqua]

If you are going for bio diversity I wouldn’t do Marco maricultures

what if its to cycle a tank? mature it faster, still no?

 

[joseserrano]

what if its to cycle a tank? mature it faster, still no?

Drexel brought up if you are after bacteria Caribbean bacteria is probably not what you want. You want bacteria where you are getting corals from

 

[anthonys_aqua]

Drexel brought up if you are after bacteria Caribbean bacteria is probably not what you want. You want bacteria where you are getting corals from

So its more beneficial to the corals but will also do the same for tank cycling right?

 

[joseserrano]

Yes it will also cycle the tank

 

[anthonys_aqua]

It's not cheap, probably close to $18/lb. I got around 12lbs and it was around $190ish, I think? You don't need much to seed other rock, the more you get the faster the process, so if you're patient, just buy a few pounds and let time do the work. This why I like to use Polyp Lab genesis blocks, they're an instant kick-starter and easy to move around when needed.

I messaged them and theyre telling me its the same price as listed online lol which is $25 a lb

but their listing says free shipping so idk

 

[pikachux3]

I messaged them and theyre telling me its the same price as listed online lol which is $25 a lb

but their listing says free shipping so idk

I emailed them two weeks ago and they told me $15/lb for fiji rock. They gave me free 2 day shipping for 5 lbs of rock when I mentioned the website promo for the other rocks. I got 3 nice pieces with some coralline algae, snails, asterina and life on them.

 

[joseserrano]

If you guys want to split boxes of rock I can arrange getting it from a wholesaler. You guys will have to figure out how you’ll disperse it, but it will be less than $15 a lb.

 

[joseserrano]

Thread 'Fiji live rock'

May 26, 2026

I spoke work an importer and can get you guys boxes of live rock from Fiji. The options are shelf, branch, or pukani. All the same cost. There are 2 options. 44lb box for $396 and a larger box with larger pieces weight 66lbs for $660. You will be unable to mix and match, and if you want to split a box, you guys have to work that out and distribute it between you guys. I will pick up box/boxes, and person can come grab them all or whatever is worked out.

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[ndrwater]

Fiji live rock

I spoke work an importer and can get you guys boxes of live rock from Fiji. The options are shelf, branch, or pukani. All the same cost. There are 2 options. 44lb box for $396 and a larger box with larger pieces weight 66lbs for $660. You will be unable to mix and match, and if you want to split...

www.socalireefs.com

 

[drexel]

So its more beneficial to the corals but will also do the same for tank cycling right?

If the rock is cured, then there's really no cycle to worry about. But if buying fresh live rock, I would stick it in a new tank, check for ammonia to see if any is present. And to be sure it's completely cycled, dose ammonium chloride or ammonium bicarbonate and test the following day, if there's no ammonia present, you're good to go. When using fresh live rock, I don't add any animals until I know there are no hitchhikers present (looking at night for crabs, shrimps, etc is all that I do) and after a couple weeks I don't find anything, I move forward in adding fish and coral. I would add more coral than fish at first, then slowly add fish over time. Corals can handle ammonia (ammonium) as a nitrogen source, but fish can't.

 

[anthonys_aqua]

If the rock is cured, then there's really no cycle to worry about. But if buying fresh live rock, I would stick it in a new tank, check for ammonia to see if any is present. And to be sure it's completely cycled, dose ammonium chloride or ammonium bicarbonate and test the following day, if there's no ammonia present, you're good to go. When using fresh live rock, I don't add any animals until I know there are no hitchhikers present (looking at night for crabs, shrimps, etc is all that I do) and after a couple weeks I don't find anything, I move forward in adding fish and coral. I would add more coral than fish at first, then slowly add fish over time. Corals can handle ammonia (ammonium) as a nitrogen source, but fish can't.

I read that you can dip for hitchhikers with a high salinity dip

 

[drexel]

I read that you can dip for hitchhikers with a high salinity dip

Yes, this sometimes works, but I would let the salinity rise over time if I was curing the rock and find that it helps reveal the hitchhikers. Also, raising the temp to the mid 80's would help. Most hitchhikers reveal themselves at night, so it's easy to find them and if they don't want to come out of a piece of rock, I just move that piece into a bucket of SW and go from there.

 

[anthonys_aqua]

Yes, this sometimes works, but I would let the salinity rise over time if I was curing the rock and find that it helps reveal the hitchhikers. Also, raising the temp to the mid 80's would help. Most hitchhikers reveal themselves at night, so it's easy to find them and if they don't want to come out of a piece of rock, I just move that piece into a bucket of SW and go from there.

well i would just dip it in a fresh batch of high salinity SW for a few minutes

 

[drexel]

I actually think there are more beneficial critters that I want to keep than bad guys, so I usually just monitor the rock for a while. A lot of things survive no matter what we do. This rock isn’t shipped in water, so that tells you how good at life these critters really are.

 

[drexel]

Question for everyone watching this thread, does everyone know the difference between rock? Cured? Cooked and cleaned? Ocean vs cultured? Dry? What does fresh live rock mean?
Because there are huge differences between them and not all rock is the same.