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Contact Walt smith directly. Yes he still imports old school actual from the ocean live rock. I asked him in person.
I did contact the company, and it seemed that they only work with one or another importer (who's really sketchy).
As far as the OP: I thought about this and considered this as well, and found most of the links here. In the end, I will probably go with Tampa or Keys (ARC reef or KPaquatics) rock, for this purpose.
1. the survival rate of organisms will be much higher. Tampa bay saltwater in particular will send the rock out by plane maybe around lunch time and if (in my case) you live near a major East Coast airport you'll get the rock by dinner time. Very minimal die-off to me is worth it.
2. the key pacific organisms of interest (hitchhiking corals) can be bought on your own.
3. I'm not convinced that there's really a difference, functionally, between pacific sponges, tunicates, shrimp/crabs etc. and the carribean ones. Yes, most will be different species, but for reef aquarium purposes I'm not sure it will make a difference. Especially if you don't make an effort to keep them alive. In the end, in North America we live much closer to Florida's reef's than the Pacific's reefs.