johnmaloney

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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.

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SulfurAcid

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I think the shape of the rock is important, as well as coralline. per your description, I would pay for it...

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johnmaloney

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got to get some pics...I know I know.

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ozzy200769

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I have about 200#s in my tank, I have never bought boxed rock off line, Shape and pourous is important to me.
If you have the shape and sizes I look for I may since
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johnmaloney

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Here are some pics of a rock that is pretty standard for the quality our supplier has:










Here is a picture of the pores in the rock, from an area I hammered off:



Here is a pic with 2 put together. Weighs 5 pounds:

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ozzy200769

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When I set up my cube ( hopefully soon) I would / will see about getting rock from you.
I like the shape / looks of it.
Where does it originate from?

johnmaloney

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mined inland from an ancient floridian reef.

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Juice44

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Rock looks nice.
Would also set some up in a tank and seed it with live rock.
Get some color on it and life, then it would be real nice.

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johnmaloney

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Until we can get bulk discount rates for overnight services, that won't be an option for us unfortunately.

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SulfurAcid

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great job branching out john!

looking forward to my CUC, been meaning to order from you a long time now. we are going to be doing a huge order for our school research tanks, around 350g total tank space, gonna be asking for a custom clean up crew soon....

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johnmaloney

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Cool, just let me know. I can work out some sort of discount for a school.

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bschuerman

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That is beautiful rock and I have purchased from you in the past John and you sell quality stuff so I would certainly pick some up.... when I can afford it

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