Actual Fiji Live Rock Imported Again

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I’m gonna ask my wholesaler if this is true. If so Pukani is the way. Or Tonga branch This would be amazing for our hobby

Fiji Live Rock is Back~

Just got this from my importer!! "AFTER AN 8 YEAR HIATUS, FIJI LIVE ROCK IS BACK! THIS IS FLOWN-IN ROCK SO ALL OF THE BIOLOGICAL WILL STILL BE ALIVE!" PUKANI ROCK (22 KG BOX, 20 KG NET) BRANCH ROCK (22 KG BOX, 20 KG NET) SLAB ROCK (22 KG BOX, 20 KG NET) How do you feel about this??
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Turkeysammich said:
I’m gonna ask my wholesaler if this is true. If so Pukani is the way. Or Tonga branch This would be amazing for our hobby

Fiji Live Rock is Back~

Just got this from my importer!! "AFTER AN 8 YEAR HIATUS, FIJI LIVE ROCK IS BACK! THIS IS FLOWN-IN ROCK SO ALL OF THE BIOLOGICAL WILL STILL BE ALIVE!" PUKANI ROCK (22 KG BOX, 20 KG NET) BRANCH ROCK (22 KG BOX, 20 KG NET) SLAB ROCK (22 KG BOX, 20 KG NET) How do you feel about this??
humble.fish humble.fish
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What was the avg cost delivered back then if you recall?

I imagine now it would likely be 3 times as much. Yet would be cool to get the real stuff if the current prices aren't absurd.
 
MichaelB said:
What was the avg cost delivered back then if you recall?

I imagine now it would likely be 3 times as much. Yet would be cool to get the real stuff if the current prices aren't absurd.
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I think the last time I bought it. The box was 30”x18”x10”. Wet news paper on top. My price was 160-230 ? I don’t really remember. It was 20 years ago ? More or less by a few years.
 
I assume the Fiji live rock will sell at $25-$35+ a pound. If it sells for less then that would be huge. Live rock from Australia sells for $35 a pound currently and looks far nicer than any of the live rock from Florida from a structural perspective (I have had both in my tanks).

There is one importer of the Australia live rock based out of LA by the airport—that rock is absolutely stunning. The live rock from Florida (eg, from Tampa Bay Saltwater and KP Aquatics) comes with more life but the rock itself is very dense like the mined Marko dry rock. The live rock from Australia is very porous and super light (probably one third to half the density) but does not have as much obvious macroalgae, sponges and little critters like amphipods, worms, muscles, etc. likely because how how they are shipped from Australia. The Australian live rock, however, has more hickhiker corals (zoas, palys and very small baby plate corals) which some may like or dislike. I am paranoid so when I see any unknown coral I remove them if I can. I do have one bright orange zoa or paly I am observing since it is a very hard to reach spot (I forgot to nuke the polyp during my recent tank transfer). I also have a green baby plate coal which I tried to kill 3 times but it kept growing back. I figured it should. It fight nature and I let the plate coral regrow and transplanted it to a frag plug once it was 4mm in size! It sinning 5mm and is a bright green base with bright green tenacles.

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Saltwater Live Rock For Sale In Stock and Ready To Ship

Nice selection of saltwater Live Rock available from TankStop. We carry Live Rock from all over the world in all sizes online in stock and ready to ship.
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Not sure if its environmentally friendly to ship live rock from 5,500 miles away to California.

Also, real ocean based live rock can be a key success factor if it has the maximum amount of life on it. If not submerged in water, I am personally not interested in it.

It looks like the look is what attracts folks in this type of rock. I wonder though if this was more relevant in the past when the rock was dominating the look of the tank more because it was harder to grow corals than it is today (I recognize that this is a trigger statement :)…).

The one application this could matter more though is for FOWLR tanks, in which case I can see the benefit.

Also, if we feel the biome from Australia or Fijji is better than from Florida this could be another argument (I believe some say vibrio is more prevalent in Florida than in some other places).

While I have spent too much money already on this hobby, and continue to spend more if it has merit, purchasing live rock for me is limited to getting it from Tampa Bay Saltwater. Does not look as pretty, but is delivered submerged, flies less, and will get all the benefits into your tank (and I do not even like this company).
 
Second seller of Australian live rock based out to Seattle area. $25 a pound. I have had live rock from KP Aquatics, Tampa Bay Saltwater and Tankstop and I will say from a pure looks perspective the Australian live rock from Tankstop looks far and away the the best (better than what Barrier Reef sells but they only just got into the live rock game and their stuff also looks very nice). When I put the Australian live rock in, my wife walked by and said “wow, that looks nice!”

I highly recommend KP Aquatics and TBS as well. The primary shortcoming is the rock from these sellers is mined rock from land then put into the ocean to cure. Therefore, the rock is 2x-3x more dense than the Australian live rock so you a significantly smaller volume of rock per pound. Note also that over time much of the cool looking life on the rock you see on the Florida rock dies and/or goes away once the tank clean-up crew do their thing.

www.barrierreefaquariums.com

Australian Ultra Supreme Live Rock - 10lbs

Australian Ultra Supreme Live Rock $25.00 per lb. WE DO NOT PROCESS ANY ORDERS UNDER 10 POUNDS. Ships Ground Free! It has an extensive amount of Coralline Algae growth! This is our newest rock from Australia. It is very colorful and covered in extensive Coralline growth and will look amazing in...
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