Gulf-View.com Deco Rock...

[Tim Marvin]

Gulf view I beleive shipps fully cured rock. Very high shipping cost as it is shipped in water. Pretty good rock, but high cost.

[Tim Marvin]

Like I said though, I beleive they ship it in water which is better but more shipping cost. It ends up like $7.00 a lbs.

[REEFAHOLIC]

I'd be interested in 20-30 lbs.

Tina

[Chris]

Too rich for me right now... wouldn't mind getting some gulf-view rock later on down the road... but that'll be a while still.

Good luck :grin:

[DeletedAccount]

I could use about 40 lbs if it is close to $4.00.

Misti

[Chris]

When it comes in take pics of your rock guys so we can see what's on it.

I've read lots of threads about gulf-view having a ton of life and of course the occasional mantis. But i've seen nothing but great remarks about the product.

8)

[captexas]

If it's around the $4 range I would take a few pieces. I checked out the website awhile back after reading a post on Reef Central. He has very nice rock with all kinds of stuff on it. I just rearranged my tank after adding my overflow and would like to fill a few spaces. Nothing large or anything like that, but maybe 10lbs.

I'd just have to figure out who else won't be getting a Christmas present this year! :shock:

[Texreefer]

i'm gonna be looking for about 50-60 lbs about two months from now

[captexas]

We can stamp their name on the Live Rock!
We'll call it a Pet Live Rock... lol

That's a great idea! Maybe if I offer to put peoples names on the rock for a donation I could get it all paid for! Kinda like when they sell bricks with your name on them for sidewalks for charity! I need to work on the details for when I can afford to build my big tank! :-D :-o

[REEFAHOLIC]

NO RUSH ON THE ROCK. I'LL TAKE IT WHENEVER YOU GET IT IN JUST LET ME KNOW.. REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING IT. JUST LOVE LIVE ROCK. YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO GROW.

TIM; THE LIVE ROCK I GOT FROM YOU IS STARTING TO GROW SAND POLPS.

TINA

[TexasState]

IF you wanted to see Tamba Bay & Gulfview LR, check out a classroom at the middle school close to Parkway. Louis Caranza's wife taught there, and they setup a 46 gallon bowfront w/ aquacultured rocks.

[REEFAHOLIC]

Josh

Either day is fine with me.

Tina

[DeletedAccount]

Are you still getting me some?

Misti

[Tim Marvin]

What is the price on the rock? I'll take about 300 lbs at the right price. If not I need to order tomorrow anyway. If it is $2 or less If not forget it. I don't think it is any better than Fiji just more $$$.

[Tim Marvin]

A post from Reef Central on the Kaelini rock. I have to agree. Not that great. It is all hyped up like different rock always is. Get the premium Fiji and save your money.



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Forum: Reef Discussion
Thread: Kaelini live rock
skeeters Does anyone know anything about this rock?

It appears to be very pretty rock. My LFS is selling it for $10.99 lb (OUCH!!!). His Fiji is $ 5.99 lb.

He says that is not as dense as Fiji live rock, that is why it is more expensive. He said that it weighs half the weight as Fiji.

Any comments on Kaelini live rock....
mjsandbe Sorry, never heard of it.
scubadude I will be selling it for $3.89 lb for only the month of July, as an opening special for my store :) But there is a catch! You have to buy minimum 90lbs of this stuff...thats how its boxed....not like you can get fiji in 45lb boxes

Here is a thread to see a bunch of pics of the Kaelini Rock i just got.

Kaelini LR pics (http://www.reefcentral.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?threadid=92367)
dgasmd I was setting up my 125 gal reef about 2 months back and really researched about the different kinds of rock. I was told the same things as you in addition to been nicer and prettier. I bought 100 lb of fiji, 50 lb of kaelini, 25 lb marshall, and 25 lb of tonga bubble. The rock was exactly as promised by the vendor, so I don't feel I got taken at all.
The Kaelini rock is much more expensive than the fiji and others. It has more shapes and so on. The truth, at least in my mind, is that after getting it all in my tank I realized who cares what the rock's shapes are. My goal is to cover them up with corals and such and after you do that nobody cares about the shapes, colors, etc. I feel it was a waste of moeny.
If I was to do it all over again, I would get 150-175 lb of fiji and maybe 25-50 lb of Fl rock just for diversity.
This is just my opinion.


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[Tim Marvin]

let someone else get it and then look at it.... :-D :-D It cost more. I didn't say it was bad, just more $$$$ for the same thing.... That is just my opinion though.

[Tim Marvin]

:beer: :-D

[DeletedAccount]

So does this mean that your card has been charged? I haven't sent you a check or anything yet. I guess I have not been paying much attention, I didn't know if we were really getting it or not! Sorry! At this point would you just prefer me to bring cash to p/u the rock or send a check?

Sorry about that, Josh!

Misti

[Reefdude]

hey is there any rock unaccuonted for. Im willing to take a a 4 or 5 lb piece of your hands.

[DeletedAccount]

On Wednesday my classes have been cancelled so I can come as soon as you have it. I would prefer to get mine out of the box directly, since I can meet you at home soon. That will make it a little easier for me. At 40 lbs I have almost a box, so we can just take out a chunk and I can take the box, right? I do not have any buckets that I could subject live rock to except the one that is currently mixing salt water! Let me know what time you are looking at getting homw with it and I will meet you there!

Thanks.

[Texreefer]

let me know how the rock turns out,, because i am going to be buying 50 lbs soon... maybe the next month or so

[TexasState]

I hope you guys don't get delayed by the Thansgiving traveler(one of the heaviest travel season of year.)

[TexasState]

There's several rate of shipping. Depending on the airline & rate you choose. If you choose the cheaper regular freight, your rock could continually get bumped to the next flight.

For example w/ Southwest, Guaranteed next flight is about $75 per 100 pounds. With this service, you have to have the flight book and pay upfront. I haven't found too many online retailer willing to use Next Flight Guarantee b/c of the hassle of booking and paying upfront on their part.

Priority is about $60 per 100 pounds. You can still get delayed shipment with Priority.

Then regular freight is about $40 per 100 pounds. I would only gamble with the cheaper regular freight rate earlier in the week, and during slow season. If you use regular freight, you have to trust the seller to know how to book the shipment for you.

[Chris]

I'm around, just been busy with a few things lately. ;)

[Chris]

You've got a PM ;)

[REEFAHOLIC]

Josh: I can come and get my rock in am tom with cash, or send one of my kids with a cheque and pick up the rock. Which would be better for you.

Tina

[REEFAHOLIC]

Oh I can hardly wait to see it. I am at work now, but I can come tomorrow in am with the green stuff. What time would be best.

Tina

[DeletedAccount]

I am pretty sure that your mantis has a friend that was in my rock. He has different coloration, but is WOW. He hitched a ride into my 29 gallon with no corals or anything. When he shows up again I will get a better look at him. If he is for sure a mantis he's yours if you want him. With so little stuff in there he should be easy to get.

I am already amazed at the life on the rock. 30 minutes in the tank and I have a great Christmas tree guy (really thick, tube worm looking thing that has a ton of feelers) that is alive and sticking out and going back into hiding with my movements. There is also a lot of little tube worms that are opening. A few crabs, what appears to be barnacles "licking" the water... lots of stuff.

There are also 3 large things that appear to be slug or apples or cucumbers that are "holding on" to the rock but have a crusty outside. Like a slimy thing that was taken out of the water and secreted something to hold in the remaining moisture. I figured that it was some dead something that would foul the water pretty good, but they are noy letting go of the rock. Wierd stuff.

I feel like its Christmas with all this excitement!

[DeletedAccount]

He's about the size of the one we pulled out of your bag. Think he'll chow on the neon and cleaner?

[Chris]

Man that one is ugly. I'll take your mantis off your hands though Misti :) I wouldn't mind setting one of my nano's back up just for him.

[REEFAHOLIC]

Almost forgot it was Thanksgiving tom. I guess some of you get the day off, unfortunately its just another working day for me. :( :( :(

Josh, just let me know the best time for you to pick up the rock.

Tks. Tina

[DeletedAccount]

I will look for him tonight and seperate him when I find him. He is hiding in some of the big holes in the rock right now so I cannot find him. That will be my mission after the munchkin goes to bed. I will put him in the floating container I use to use to make my 2 bettas psycho! I will let y'all know when I find him and we can arrange to get him to whoever.

That big red crusty thing that is kinda like a crusty slug is moving a little.

[TexasState]

Did you take any picture of the gulf-view rock?

[DeletedAccount]

I found my guy last night and put him in the floating betta container. He is not there this morning. The neon and cleaner and the shrimp from the rock (I did not see him really well) are still all alive, so the mantis must not be hungry yet.

[DeletedAccount]

I am trying to figure that out. I don't have a book with shrimp names. It is a gorgeous little guy. I will find him and describe him.... one minute.

OK. I just stirred up the Southdown sand so badly I won't be able to find him for a few days. He did NOT have the long antenna that the cleaners and stuff do. He looks very like the big clawed guys that the gobies pair with, the burrowers. BUT he is a pretty greenish blue color. Very pretty. I will keep looking for a name since my description is the pits!

[DeletedAccount]

Mine is 1/2 to 3/4 inches tip to tip. Blueish-green with some redish maroon speckles or stripes.

[DeletedAccount]

That's great! I would love to find out what these gross looking crusty cucumber like things are! They are about the ugliest thing that I have seen. I am going to have to go buy a digital camera just to post pictures of these things!

[TexasState]

http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.gsp?product_id=1975515&cat=3959&type=19&de pt=5426&path=0%3A5426%3A3959


The weak point is that it has no optical zoom, only 2x digital zoom.

[Jeff Post]

Do you still have some live sand you wanted to get rid of?

[Chris]

Think we can get this thread up over 100 posts? :P

Maybe.... but if we're betting money on it... I can stop it. ;-)

lock! :-D :-D :-D

[DeletedAccount]

Josh,
Did you ever find that mantis that escaped you? I have not found mine and I have seen no bad things happen yet. Wonder if he is dead? A few little anemone type things have popped up! Neat!

[Chris]

I doubt he's dead Misti... i've heard stories of people have huge ammonia spikes from their cycle only to find the mantis was one of the only survivors. They're like the cockroach, able to survive in harsh conditions, and almost impossible to get rid of...

You might have to remove the rock and let it sit out a while to get rid of him. If yours is anywhere close to the size of the one Josh found you shouldn't worry at all for now though, the most he'll end up killing is a snail more than likely.

8)

[DeletedAccount]

The only rock he would be hiding in is the pretty tonga I have in there! No way I take that out of the water! Out of 300 or so lbs of rock between my two tanks that is the only "pretty" piece! I like it too much to kill off the stuff! Maybe I just need to dedicate that tank as a 30 gal mantis tank!

[DeletedAccount]

So your saying the anemone things are BAD and should be killed?

[DeletedAccount]

Yup! That's what mine look like. I guess I'll be soaking them!

[TexasState]

Yup! That's what mine look like. I guess I'll be soaking them!

You don't want to soak your rock. You can get needle from Eckerd or Walgreen(just tell that you're not a drug addict and you're using this to inject the plant in your aquarium. Use the needle to inject strong Kalkwasser solution into the aitaipsia. Make sure you get them good, or they'll come back for revenge. :evil: :twisted: :cry:

[Tim Marvin]

:rotf: You had to ask Dr. Ron if those were aptasia? To kill off those mantis shrimp you will probably need about 1.040 or more salt. When they jump out don't grab it smash the f--king thing with a big rock. They are very resiliant, and VERY good predators! They can eat anything in your tank. Someone called them a cockroach, that is probably putting it mildly. Very tough, very smart, and very destructive. BAD idea to put one in a reef intentionally! I can't believe they actually sell them. The only tank I would put them in would be an octopus tank and I am not even sure they could get the mantis.

[Tim Marvin]

Get a good copperbanded butterfly and it will take care of the aptasia. Be careful though if you have any other anemone it will eat those also. They leave corals and everything else alone.

[Tim Marvin]

I have tried 1.030 and it didn't work for me. I have one in the main reef right now. It gets a good diet of snails though and hasn't gone after much else yet. Oh except for peppermint shrimp, and royal gramma, and hermits, but nothing else. Well except for........ Oh well.

[Tim Marvin]

It is about 2 inches. Really colorful, but don't be deceived by how neat they look. I understand they can get about 4-5 inches in a tank.

[Tim Marvin]

OK If I end up cathing it I'll let you know, because I really dislike the critters.

[TexasState]

YOu can put it in a tank with an eel and see who win.

The fish store in Houston sell them for $39.99

[Chris]

Woohoo! Vinh put this thread at 100! Chris, what does he win?!?

Vinh, don't give Tim any ideas! I don't want to have to pay for those *worthless* *no good* *pests* :-D

Hehe... Vinh wins a free cookie! His choice of double chocolate chip, or chewy chocolate chip. :P

[DeletedAccount]

My other shrimp showed up this am. The mantis hasn't killed him! Yeah!

[Tim Marvin]

I may pay you to come and take the nasty worthless little *******.

[Tim Marvin]

Actually I don't mind them so much, but they eat alot and kill alot.

[MikeP]

If anyone finds mantis shrimp please don't kill em I'll come get them and give em a home. Man this thread is ancient - so what ever happened to deco rock order? I wanted to get some TBS rock but not a ton - anyone want to split a box with me in a few weeks deco an coral?

[Chris]

I'd wait til warmer weather sits in before ordering again from one of the Florida LR distributors.

I've seen people acting a bit happier about their order when it's not freezing cold out.

[MikeP]

Makes sense Chris

TBS diver: "!@$@# this water's freezing let's just dump some rocks in a bucket with some dirt and seaweed - I'm not getting in the ocean in february!"

[Janice]

Ian and I wouldn't mind going in on some rock maybe later next month.

[MikeP]

Josh and Janice, if you do decide to get some let me know, at 3 bucks a pound I'd go in for 50 lbs. It's heavier than fiji LR yes? Meaning not as porous? I need about 50lbs to top off my 75 gallon.

[RedDragon]

Well if you order some live rock I'll take 10 lb of your finest :-D

[Brett Wilson]

tagging along because I will need some more L/R soon.

-Brett

[Janice]

I would prefer Fiji (cheap, and I won't see much of it after the corals start going in), but I won't be ready till the end of next month.