florida and fiji base rock $2.00 a lb.

[Oakville Reef Gallery]

this is an early boxing day.2.00 a lb, 25 lb and over is 1.50 a lb.Flavio

[SaltyC]

Do you have any pictures to post?

[Oakville Reef Gallery]

no i dont,not to be smart but i think all base rock is about the same.Flavio

[SaltyC]

I suppose it seemed like an odd question, but I have some base rock that looks a lot like Marshall Islands. The problem is that I was told that it was from the Florida Keys. I wanted to make that comparison. :thanks:

[Oakville Reef Gallery]

th e florida and fiji i have is almost identical,ive had marshall rock but didnt even know they shipped base out of there.you dont see much base rock at all anymore as shipping aco****s for the price of any rock,from collector to wholesale its almost cheaper to sell premium over base.Flavio

[TJ_Burton]

Define Base Rock?

[Red-Sea]

Thomas, base rock is basically same as Premium rock except not much life on it and not encrusted with coraline algae, but in time it will seed itself from a good quality rock from your tank and coraline will be covered within 3-6 months...

[TJ_Burton]

beautiful!
lol Flavio, I might be coming for 100punds or so on monday lol
nno garuntee's but Im hoping!

[Dman]

Hey TJ
Don't you work at an LFS?
It's the same stuff you guys seell as premium:D
Dman
:spin:

[mibaro]

Flavio, what's the normal price of base rock?

Michael

[Fishlips]

Base rock is usually more dense (heavier) then Premium Rock.
Is this the case with yours Flavio?
Regular prices I've seen is 2.50$ to 3$
Also it's dry and quite dead.

[Oakville Reef Gallery]

normal price for base is 4.00$ a lb.it is slightly heavier than premium and no life on it as its out of water.Flavio.

[Mckitrick]

The Base Rock at BigAl's in Kitchener is $2.50/lb but I wouldn't be able to tell you how it compares to what Tom and Flav have.
I wouldn't be at all surprised if ORG's stuff was of better quality.

[Michael_Lambert]

Big Als sells the Caribsea rock.. from what i have seen much more dense and really easly chipped and broken.

[Balkos]

That CaribSea stuff is prety nice. The "ReefRock" We just got a 50lb box at our store and it was roughly 18x18x12. It was rather small rocks though mostly between 3"-8" good for a nano but i wouldn't use them for a 55gal or anything.

Just my 2 cents

P.S. Does Big Gay Al carry livestock?

[Michael_Lambert]

I just picked up 30 pounds of this stuff.. NICE stuff.. its Real live rock from a reef tank just been stripped down and dried out now.. very nice stuff.. but starting to run low!

[Mckitrick]

Yes Big Gay Al's sells Livestock.

[Michael_Lambert]

Paul!.. lol,


they do sell live stock.. But.. I think when you look in there tanks.. atleast in the Thornhill store.. there is more deadstock than live.. lol

[Mckitrick]

Deadstock! Hahaha. I went over to my DFS and saw a couple of dead candy cane corals and a half dead porcupine puffer. They had a REALLY nice, ALMOST LIVE Sohal tang... LOL

[Michael_Lambert]

Just picked up 30 pounds of the good baserock..

http://aquariacanada.com/PhotoPost/data/536/551SumpRock1-med.jpg

http://aquariacanada.com/PhotoPost/data/536/551SumpRock2-med.jpg

[tyrisis]

Very nice selection on this, I got myself 65 lbs, Now my tank looks a little better.... Will post some pics later.

Tyson