New Rock!

[BoomerD]

Just got 72 lbs. of "Fresh from the Pacific" Marshall island live rock. Out of the ocean about 48 hours. Looks nice. Covered with macroalgaes & corallines. A few small crabs, mostly crushed by the rock, some assorted worms, a few snails, 1 cowrie, and a small clam or two.
Wow, is my garage gonna stink for a couple of weeks!

Here's a couple of pics:

It might take me a few additional weeks to get out of the doghouse after this cures!

 

[Montanareefer]

Hey Boomer sure puts a strain on the relationship when curing LR is involved! Congrats on the new LR though!

 

[Playa]

Looking Sweet

Nice looking rock.

 

[Craig Manoukian]

Looks good!

You may want to douse the LR with soda water to detect any unwanted hitchikers before curing or before placing in your display tank.

:smirk:

 

[BoomerD]

Hmmm, it appears the moderators moved my pics. Let's see if I can fix the links.

O.K., successful edit!

 

[mwrager]

Looks good!

 

[jks1]

great looking rock boomer, where did you get it?

 

[BoomerD]

The outgoing president of the local reef club put together a group buy. $3.75/lb for this great rock. Delivered! Couldn't beat it anywhere. I looked & looked, best price I could find by a couple of bucks per lb.

 

[Montanareefer]

Yeah Boomer you scored a good deal!

 

[Gumby]

I like the blue coraline!!

Great looking rocks.

 

[pista01]

I got a couple large pieces of Marshall Island rock. It came with several different corallines, a few species of sponges, feather dusters, tunacates, crabs (he ate things so he's no longer with us), and a few other things I have no clue what they are. It has lots of surface area for coralline growth, so I have to dose about 8 ml of Tech CB per day.

 

[wooddood]

great deal boomer and great lookin rock.you done good.

 

[tankgirl]

Wonderful LR! Can we see some pics after you cure it and get it placed in your tank??

 

[BoomerD]

If I EVER get the tank going, I'll be happy to post some pics. Thought I'd be there by now, but the acrylic tank manufacturer threw me a curve. Instead of $600. for the tank, they want $1450 for it now. Just because I wanted a measly 2" added to the height! I guess they're worried about liability and such if the tank broke. Original tank design was 72x24x24, changed it to 72x24x26 high. Wanted to match the original Oceanic that the stand & canopy were built for. I guess I'm gonna have to settle for the shorter tank & have the legs for the canopy cut to fit. Either that, or live with the original glass tank, and make a few modifications to it.

 

[tankgirl]

Wow, that's crazy about the difference in price for those 2". Sounds like it's gonna be awesome, no matter which way you go!

 

[Flipper]

Good lokking stuff!