Buying rock online

N2theUnknown · May 23, 2018

So im sure alot of tou have bought your rock online. Im looking at buying a combination of pukani, tonga branch, and maybe something else to build a shelf with. My question however is what places have you had success with as far as packaging the rock. I know if it comes broken i could just epoxy it back together but also dont want to just get a box of rubble.

NY_Caveman · May 23, 2018

Dry or live? I got some dry AquaMaxx Tonga Shelf rock from @MarineDepot and it came in excellent condition. Not a crumbly mess at all.

N2theUnknown · May 23, 2018

Sorry dry

N2theUnknown · May 23, 2018

How was the shelf rock do you think its worth it or better to just build or carve a shelf out of the pukani

NY_Caveman · May 23, 2018

N2theUnknown said:
How was the shelf rock do you think its worth it or better to just build or carve a shelf out of the pukani

Check out the first post of my build thread for a picture. There are other images throughout and some notes on how I cured it.

https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/i-received-a-box-of-rocks-today.335926/

NY_Caveman · May 23, 2018

I am still delayed on my build, but i am VERY happy with the rock.

N2theUnknown · May 23, 2018

NY_Caveman said:
Check out the first post of my build thread for a picture. There are other images throughout and some notes on how I cured it.

https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/i-received-a-box-of-rocks-today.335926/

Wow so all of that laying out on the pladtic is 10lb of shelf rock? My thing is I have a 55gal but they are so narrow im having a hard time to determine how much rock I should get.

NY_Caveman · May 23, 2018

I would say at least 40 lbs. of rock and up to 70 lbs. Some say 1-2 pounds per gallon, but that is a lot of rock to me. Much depends on livestock choices and if they are free swimmers or prefer caves. Also, what corals (if any) and where they need to be for best flow and light.

For large pieces of rock their are many options including @Bulk Reef Supply and Marco rocks just to name a few.

Standard 55 gallons are very narrow. I had one eons ago, but I actually really liked it a lot.

NY_Caveman · May 23, 2018

I should note I prefer minimalist aquascapes, but that is just my opinion.

N2theUnknown · May 23, 2018

Im also going to go for a minimalist aquascape. I also kniw that pukani is lighter than most rock.

Redleg · May 24, 2018

I bought 40 pounds of dry reef saver from BRS. Most of it is 4" thick 5-6" wide and 8-10" long. Very minimal breakage. It shipped inside a plastic bag, surrounded by packing peanuts in a huge cardboard box. I'm building a 60g cube I also bought 10 lbs of live rock from my LFS to seed it. I will end up with about 10- 15 pounds in my sump. It's a lot of rock.

N2theUnknown · May 24, 2018

Sadly the only fish store around me is a petco withen 3 hours. So i dont think seeding is going to be an option not wanting to spend a whole lot to ship in some live rock unless I can find a website thats abit cheaper.