Going to pull my hair out!!!

[jtroutine]

I am trying to find the best kind of live rock I can to start my tank. I am willing to spend the money being of importance and beauty. Now here is my dilema...I got a ***** for a lfs and a internet with 100's of pages saying that the rock the sell is the best and everybody elses sucks. I would have to look at the post again to tell you who posted it, but they had some kick ass rock, but they got it from thier lfs<

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imagine that, I cant see ***** havin that!!!
So can anybody with some good expierence refer me to a sight that they had good expierence with? By the way I have a 55gal and 10gal sump/fuge I would like to put some rubble rock in the sump/fuge. Also is marshall island rock worth the price and if so where would be good for that? Eventually I would like to upgrade size of tank in a couple years after I get my feet wet I want to try corals, etc
Thanks everybody
Joe

 

[julius]

i started with fiji live rock from live aquaria to me it a good rock to start out with not too expensive it is a good rock to cycle your tank with. i see you are from illinois old stomping grounds there are some good fish stores out there.

 

[jtroutine]

Do you know any in the vacinity of bloomington, would probally save on shipping if I bought from a place around here...if there is

 

[julius]

i have some here if you wish to call. living sea aquarium 847-698-7258. barrier reef 773- 788-7333. pet paradise 630-960-0333. north shore aquatics 847-433-3990. advanced aquatics 847-882-5747 you can go check them out and see if they can tell you where you can get some good live rock from ill.

 

[clamchops]

I have a combination of Fiji and Tonga it looks great..
HTH

 

[doodle1800]

Going to Pet Paradise today. I'll check their LR supply. You might try Neptunes in Shorewood. Its off I55 after you cross Rt 80 - first exit.

 

[jtroutine]

here is email.... j.troutwine@mchsi.com

 

[juddster]

I got some fiji rock from this site. Its a good new tank rock, the stuff grows with your tank,when bougt in quantity its a bit less expensive than LFS. looks great!

 

[saltyshark]

Originally posted by JULIUS
i have some here if you wish to call. living sea aquarium 847-698-7258.
That's where I got my LR (Bali) from. It's the most colorful rock I have ever seen with red, purple, pink, and green coraline. It's very porous making it light an much cheaper. I'm finding more and more hitchhikers every day. At $3.99/lb you can't beat it.
HTH
Mike

 

[jtroutine]

thanks everbody for your replies. I just want to make a good purchase because I am planning on getting it all at once and we all know what that means......"KAA-CHINNG!!!!!!" but anyway I am going to look around for some lfs within a hour or something from where I live, in case you are wondering I live in the middle of corn fields
I am really stuck on some of the pictures of mar. island rock, now lets see if I can get the same in my tank.
I am getting so excited about getting this project kicked off. I was all excited when I got my plumbing all done.
Thanks everbody once again
joe