Buying dead rock

[AlexKilpatrick]

Just wanted to give a tip to some of the new folks. If you are trying to fill up your new 200 gallon tank with 200 lbs of live rock, there is a cheaper way. Instead of 200 lbs of live rock you can get, say 50 lbs of live rock and 150 lbs of dead rock. After a few months, you will have 200 lbs of live rock. This can save you a boatload of money.

For example, here is an eBay source for good Hawaiian dead rock at about $1/lb shipped. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=4345563063

For a 200 gallon tank, this could save you around $500. That's enough to put quite a bit of life onto your dead rock, compared to how it would come in the mail.

Alex

[Viet-Tin]

This guy has his own site as well. www.hirocks.com sells lots of good base rock. I will be purchasing a lot from him soon.

[SuperXdude]

i've bought 100lbs of Hirock. Good stuff. It's hard to tell what is what after almost 18 months...

I think my final price was about 88 cents per pound, WITH shipping.


SuperXdude

ps check their feedback may 2003....I'm there :-D

[AlexKilpatrick]

Hos did you get that price? I see $80 for 60 lbs with shipping.

[Alamo]

It depends on your zip i guess i bought 2 60 lb boxes off ebay, each at 30.00 plus shipping was in the 57.00 buck range :)

[Tim Marvin]

They are raising the price. This rock is about 1.5 times heavier than Fiji also so take that into consideration when you figure out how much you need. I beleive RATBOY has some extra Fiji and cultured rock he may want to get rid of. He just set-up a tank and had a little extra. Unless it has all been sold off you can probably get a fair deal from him.

[AlexKilpatrick]

Yeah, if dead rock is $1.50 / lb shipped, it isn't such a great deal compared to live (uncured) rock @ $3.00 /b shipped.