just wanted to shout out a thanks to Jim001, who graciously lent me a berlin airlift skimmer. I stuck the full force of an optima air pump on that skimmer Jim, let me just say with that much power going through it, that 'must submerge to here' line is not quite accurate

Any how, Thanks so very much Jim.

Description of the rock:

Lalo (live aquaria) after giving it a good scrubbing with a plastic bristle brush, I found orange, yellow, and red coraline on the rock, along with some living tufts of red algae I expect will die in the curing process.

I got one huge chunk that probably aco****s for 20 lbs of the 30 lbs shipment, it has a very nice chunky 'cupped' shape to it. Because of the size of my tank I would have preferred some smaller pieces, but I think this will be dramatic, and I can alwas hammer it in half if need be. There are also 3 pieces about that range from 3 - 5" to 6 ' 8 inches in their longest axis, and lots of rubble... over all, not quite what I was expecting, (size and shape) but I also haven't had much time to sit and inspect it, harried scrubbing, setting up filters, and so on for the curing tub has taken my time and other than that I have been at work. I think my wife and I are buying nikon coolpix 4300 from newegg this weekend (280 after rebate) so hopefully I can snap a frew pics for you guys soon.