Anyone looking for Live Rock may run across the site LiveRockNReef.. I was in need of seeing my dry rock with some quality live rock and stumbed across this site. I ended up going this route because there were quite a few decent reviews and at the end of the day, if all the hitchhikers died, it wasn't the end of the world since my biggest need was the natural bacteria.
I ended up picking up 10lbs of Ultra Buna live rock. It was shipped ground and made it from Utah (I think) to Illinois in 4 days. Wrapped in wet newspaper as they decribed and verified I was aware over the phone. I opened the box to almost no smell... This was a good surprise as I expected something rancid.
The rock was pretty barren. I was quite disappointed. I'm sure the bacteria is there which is my main reason for the rock, but still... Buying live rock and getting it without any hitchhikers (good or bad), no algae, no coralline, nothing!
With that said, I'll let you compare the pictures from their site and pictures from my QT tank (please excuse the unclean glass haha) and decide for yourself.
Time will tell if I received a good bacteria colony
https://www.liverocknreef.com/index.php?l=product_detail&p=8699
I ended up picking up 10lbs of Ultra Buna live rock. It was shipped ground and made it from Utah (I think) to Illinois in 4 days. Wrapped in wet newspaper as they decribed and verified I was aware over the phone. I opened the box to almost no smell... This was a good surprise as I expected something rancid.
The rock was pretty barren. I was quite disappointed. I'm sure the bacteria is there which is my main reason for the rock, but still... Buying live rock and getting it without any hitchhikers (good or bad), no algae, no coralline, nothing!
With that said, I'll let you compare the pictures from their site and pictures from my QT tank (please excuse the unclean glass haha) and decide for yourself.
Time will tell if I received a good bacteria colony
https://www.liverocknreef.com/index.php?l=product_detail&p=8699