that's real live rock, chock full of bac, coralline indicates months or years of submersion.
you have not short changed anyones bacteria let the record reflect ha nice. might have had a curing annoyance, but it was never from lack of bac
show an example of your aquarium to anyone who sets up a reef at MACNA or any other reef convention, they'll say yep.
when kpi or tampa bay salt sends out ready live rock in the mail they don't send a bottle of dr tim's as we pay $ for that bac farmed on the rocks. water bound transport helps reduce loss of worms, but the bac show up best they'll ever be and then cure down to normal tank levels
