Yeah I defo wanted liverock for that reason. The LFS did say something about the rock curating for 6 months. Sounds like they maybe just used dryrock and tried to establish their own bacteria on it and sell it as liverock?Or better yet, since you haven't started the cycle, why not go get some real live rock?! Real live rock from the ocean is a million times better because of all the biodiversity it contains. You can't recreate that biodiversity with dry rock....