Need Your Advice!

[johnmaloney @ Reef Cleaners]

Okay so I have been thinking about selling rock. All the bargain rock, and even some of the "premium" rock I have seen looks like garbage. Some of it is barely alive, some of it is pretty alive, but the rock itself is in an ugly shape. Then I came across a guy who has FANTASTIC looking base rock. Sure it is not live, but it looks AWESOME. Lots of holes and crevices, stacks really well, interesting shapes the whole 9 yards. I am thinking about selling it, but I couldn't afford to do it for less than $3 a pound shipped. ($2 a pound before shipping). I know some of the ugly looking live rock goes for this. I also know some of the ugly looking base rock goes for less. (Also know that there is some really nice rock out there somewhere that is live and looks as good, but I haven't come across it). So would anybody be willing to pay this price for rock? (Not asking if you would want to buy it, but if you think it would be reasonable). My thinking is I would rather wait a few weeks for awesome looking rock to get covered in coralline, than to have ugly looking rock covered with coralline, but stay ugly for the rest of my tank's life. But what do you guys think? Is the shape of the rock even important to you? Or are you more interested in the life on it? Or the price? Honest answers are appreciated. Sorry I don't have any pics. My sample rocks and camera are not very close to each other.

[jrsatx20]

here in san antonio we have phenomenal aqautics that sells it at those prices. for me i really dont look for shapes but for the holes i can stick corals in. imo $3 shipped is a really good price.

[johnmaloney @ Reef Cleaners]

holes it has for sure. I counted 12 "plug sized" holes on a 3 pound rock. thanks for the info. for an LFS to have those prices, (there overhead is higher than ours I am sure, and they had to pay to get it shipped to them), means they must be pretty price competitive.