[lcstorc]

Great information and explained very well.
Not to cloud the issue but I do want to mention the debate over LR vs Base rock. I wish I could find the old thread where it was discussed thoroughly.
There are many people that believe base rock never becomes live. I have even seen pictures (I believe from Cheeks69) of base rock that was cut open after being in the system for several years and only the very edges of the rock showed any life at all. A similar piece of LR showed growth throughout most of the rock. I think part of the issue is that people often use very dense base rock so there is little or no place for the bacteria to grow. I also think it takes quite some time for the bacteria to transfer from one to the other. For this reason I have done basically the opposite of what you do. The majority of my rock was bought as cured LR (Yeah right cured haha) and I have a small amount of base rock in the system. Maybe 80% LR and 20% base.
I don't want to confuse the issue but wanted to point out that this is a subject of debate as are many things in this hobby.

As far as the Tampa Bay rock IMO it is the best and the worst. It does have a large variety of life with little die off which is great, but it also has a lot of undesirable hitchikers. People using this rock find gorilla crabs, mantis shrimp etc for many months after the rock has been added to the system.

JMO