the rock is very nice, but remember it is transhiped. which means that it hasen't actually been in water for a while. so you definitly need to cure it...I just got 45pds from ffexpress and was very happy with it. If you do get the transhiped rock it all comes from the same person. his name is walt smith...I don't remember the web site, but he has one..you can do a search and find out everthing about his rock. ffexpress, saltwaterfish, there are a ton of company's that use his rock.