Just a quick review.
I purchased 15lbs of live sand from US Live Rock. Including shipping, $63.13. Arrived today, in a wet box, delivered as damaged by USPS. Wet sand had been packaged in a 30g black plastic trash bag, rolled up and stuffed in a USPS if it fits, it ships box. No telling how much water the package had when it was shipped, but when it arrived, it was damp.
Cut the corner from the trash bag and emptied it into a 2 gallon pail. That's about how much there was, a 2 gallon pail full. 15lbs, yeah, probably, when there was more water in the package, sure.
Sand is bright white, sugar fine, almost no bits of shell, rubble, etc. I'm not hopeful that much life exists in this damp sand.
Oh, did I mention... it's been at or below freezing for weeks? There were no heat packs, or any sort of insulation intended to hold temperature.
I dumped it in the tank. The line of dark sand at the back of the photo is my old sand, the bright white stuff is what they shipped me. The little hermit crab was _not_ in the bag
Oh... trying to open US Live Rock's web page right now, I get 'site currently unavailable' if you are the owner, please contact your hosting company. Maybe my $60 wasn't enough to keep the domain paid up ;D
I purchased 15lbs of live sand from US Live Rock. Including shipping, $63.13. Arrived today, in a wet box, delivered as damaged by USPS. Wet sand had been packaged in a 30g black plastic trash bag, rolled up and stuffed in a USPS if it fits, it ships box. No telling how much water the package had when it was shipped, but when it arrived, it was damp.
Cut the corner from the trash bag and emptied it into a 2 gallon pail. That's about how much there was, a 2 gallon pail full. 15lbs, yeah, probably, when there was more water in the package, sure.
Sand is bright white, sugar fine, almost no bits of shell, rubble, etc. I'm not hopeful that much life exists in this damp sand.
Oh, did I mention... it's been at or below freezing for weeks? There were no heat packs, or any sort of insulation intended to hold temperature.
I dumped it in the tank. The line of dark sand at the back of the photo is my old sand, the bright white stuff is what they shipped me. The little hermit crab was _not_ in the bag
Oh... trying to open US Live Rock's web page right now, I get 'site currently unavailable' if you are the owner, please contact your hosting company. Maybe my $60 wasn't enough to keep the domain paid up ;D