AMAZING dry rock now available for your tank! - Page 10

liverock · 09/03/2013, 06:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by glamisracers

how do i order?

Here!

www.tbsaltwater.com

Stickboy97 · 09/26/2013, 07:36 AM

Hello Richard, when trying to calculate costs for an order, about how much do we add for water/packing/etc.? I assume your live rock has some water in its packaging (I could be wrong).

Looking at "The Package" for a 75g to Houston. Trying estimate shipping costs.

Thanks!

liverock · 09/26/2013, 07:42 AM

You can figure three times the size of the Package in weight...and on part two, less as you will not have the sand weight...so a 75....about 225# part one...

sea ya
Richard TBS
www.tbsaltwater.com
www.itzalodge.com

Stickboy97 · 09/26/2013, 10:33 AM

So around $180 or so: 225# x $.80. Is that total or just part 1? How much for part 2?

liverock · 09/26/2013, 11:28 AM

Would be for part one...part two a little less as you will not have the sand weight!

sea ya
Richard tBS
www.tbsaltwater.com
www.itzalodge.com

Stickboy97 · 09/26/2013, 12:41 PM

I'm sure there is an excellent reason, but why do they come in 2 shipments?

liverock · 09/26/2013, 02:54 PM

read here!

http://tbsaltwater.com/thepackage/index.html

Richard TBS
ww.tbsaltwater.com
www.itzalodge.com

Stickboy97 · 10/15/2013, 12:41 PM

Ok, I get it now. But what if we are buying rock for a tank that has already gone through it's cycle? I plan on taking rock out of my 75g (5+ yrs old) + some new base rock and adding it to my tank first. Then I will order one of your "packages". I want to have it up and running for a while before adding your rock & sand. Will you still ship it in 2 shipments?

Mazzy · 12/22/2013, 07:11 AM

The title is correct - this really is AMAZING dry rock!! Got my order two days ago and it is so nice and fits together so well that I'm having a hard time deciding just how I want to stack it! No more "well this piece HAS to go here because it won't fit anywhere else without falling." Nope. any piece fits together with any other and the cave-making ability with this rock is absolutely astounding!! Most of my pieces have a slight curve to one side that allows me to decide exactly how I want to use it (for cave or for flat-rock stacking) instead of having the aquascape dictated to me by the usually limited stacking ability of the rock.

Posted in Vendor Exp. forum too. I can not recommend this rock highly enough!!

Mazzy · 01/05/2014, 08:09 AM

Here's that dry rock 'in action'. I didn't use all the pieces and I took a hammer to a couple that I did use (each piece does seem to have a little kind of 'foot' nub - maybe from the mold??). My aquascape is pretty boring because I played with it so much that I finally got sick of messing with it, lol, but you still get the idea of how easy it was to stack I think. Also I seeded the tank with LR from the LFS but then ended up pulling them once I put this rock in because it was kinda hard to incorporate it into this stuff (being that this stacks together easily while the random LR pieces had different textures that didn't want to grab hold of each other OR to this dry rock so well). But what I really liked about it was that I didn't have to purposely try to make caves. I solely concentrated on stacking and the caves just created themselves naturally due to the slight curvature of the rocks. That was nice.

moondoggy4 · 01/21/2014, 07:17 PM

Can you do a nano tank I have a 12'' X 12'' x 12'' Mr Aqua tank I was thinking about putting a Blue Dot Jawfish in there.

liverock · 01/22/2014, 09:24 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by moondoggy4

Can you do a nano tank I have a 12'' X 12'' x 12'' Mr Aqua tank I was thinking about putting a Blue Dot Jawfish in there.

Can do.....I do lots of nanos...here is a five gallon with live rock!

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/sh...&highlight=tbs

ea ya
Richard TBS
www.tbsaltwater.com

IMAMONSTER · 03/30/2014, 08:08 PM

Hey lots of pic of your dry rock. Do you have pics of your rocks from the gulf?

liverock · 03/31/2014, 05:06 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by IMAMONSTER

Hey lots of pic of your dry rock. Do you have pics of your rocks from the gulf?

here you go

http://tbsaltwater.com/testimonials/index.html

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/sh....php?t=2393620

Aran · 04/18/2014, 05:04 AM

does the dry rock need to be treated in any way after we receive it or just go ahead and start cycling?

liverock · 04/18/2014, 07:11 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Aran

does the dry rock need to be treated in any way after we receive it or just go ahead and start cycling?

Nope...real coral rock from the ocean...hit it with the hose and put it in your tank!

sea ya
Richard TBS
www.tbsaltwater.com

Jw20VT · 11/30/2014, 12:41 AM

Are you still offering Dry rock? Havent heard or seen any movement on this thread for few months and wanted to ask before ordering

I'm in need of more rock , i'm a nervous wreck trying to figure best path to go adding more rock to my 1.5 year established system without causing a mini cycle or anything. I'm too worried to just add more already live rock into my tank even though the reasoning for my need badly for more rock is i need to boost up my bio-filter, So I figured ill buy dry and let it creat its own life ....I was told your stuff is the best way to go both Dry and Live....

figure

liverock · 11/30/2014, 09:35 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jw20VT

Are you still offering Dry rock? Havent heard or seen any movement on this thread for few months and wanted to ask before ordering

I'm in need of more rock , i'm a nervous wreck trying to figure best path to go adding more rock to my 1.5 year established system without causing a mini cycle or anything. I'm too worried to just add more already live rock into my tank even though the reasoning for my need badly for more rock is i need to boost up my bio-filter, So I figured ill buy dry and let it creat its own life ....I was told your stuff is the best way to go both Dry and Live....

figure

Howdy....

Dry rock......ready to go...fed ex...to your door!

sea ya
Richard TBS
www.tbsaltwater.com

tc2007 · 01/11/2015, 08:06 PM

I am very interested in adding 20lbs of your rock in my 2 month old tank. I already have about 50lbs of old rock but not much life on it as I ran medication. I am afraid of nasties especially mantis shrimp, pistol shrimp, large worms etc. What are the chance of those getting in? I am not too afraid of aiptasia or mojano.

tc2007 · 01/11/2015, 10:25 PM

PS: Is it also possible to ask for smaller pieces so as to avoid larger critters?

liverock · 01/12/2015, 08:27 AM

No problem...just put that in the comments area of the order form!

sea ya
Richard TBS
www.tbsaltwater.com

liverock · 01/12/2015, 08:35 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tc2007

I am very interested in adding 20lbs of your rock in my 2 month old tank. I already have about 50lbs of old rock but not much life on it as I ran medication. I am afraid of nasties especially mantis shrimp, pistol shrimp, large worms etc. What are the chance of those getting in? I am not too afraid of aiptasia or mojano.

well.....there are none of the invasive type aptasia anemones in the Gulf...and there are no mojano's as that is an indo pacific type anemone....

This is real live rock.....comes to you packed underwater...so you just add it to your tank.....always a chance of getting critters, as the rock is their condo!

Sea ya
Richard TBS
www.tbsaltwater.com

tc2007 · 01/12/2015, 10:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by liverock

well.....there are none of the invasive type aptasia anemones in the Gulf...and there are no mojano's as that is an indo pacific type anemone....

This is real live rock.....comes to you packed underwater...so you just add it to your tank.....always a chance of getting critters, as the rock is their condo!

Sea ya
Richard TBS
www.tbsaltwater.com

OK. One more thing, can putting live rock in RODI water for a couple of mins to remove the nasties have any damage on the good stuff like sponge, pods etc?

liverock · 01/12/2015, 10:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tc2007

OK. One more thing, can putting live rock in RODI water for a couple of mins to remove the nasties have any damage on the good stuff like sponge, pods etc?

Something you do not want to do!

Elricsfate · 10/25/2016, 12:39 PM

I am interested in ordering "the package" for my tank, but would probably like to mix some of the dry rock with some of the live rock. Is that doable?

How about getting all of the other components and a smaller order of rock that the package calls for, if I want to do a less dense build?

I ordered "the package" from you for a 55g like 15 years ago. Been out of the hobby most of that time, and getting back in with a 180. TBS is pretty much the only source I considered for my new tank.

Cheers.

09/26/2013, 07:36 AM	#227
Stickboy97 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Conroe, TX Posts: 647	Hello Richard, when trying to calculate costs for an order, about how much do we add for water/packing/etc.? I assume your live rock has some water in its packaging (I could be wrong). Looking at "The Package" for a 75g to Houston. Trying estimate shipping costs. Thanks! __________________ DSA 105g Neo Pro

09/26/2013, 10:33 AM	#229
Stickboy97 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Conroe, TX Posts: 647	So around $180 or so: 225# x $.80. Is that total or just part 1? How much for part 2? __________________ DSA 105g Neo Pro

09/26/2013, 12:41 PM	#231
Stickboy97 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Conroe, TX Posts: 647	I'm sure there is an excellent reason, but why do they come in 2 shipments? __________________ DSA 105g Neo Pro

10/15/2013, 12:41 PM	#233
Stickboy97 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Conroe, TX Posts: 647	Ok, I get it now. But what if we are buying rock for a tank that has already gone through it's cycle? I plan on taking rock out of my 75g (5+ yrs old) + some new base rock and adding it to my tank first. Then I will order one of your "packages". I want to have it up and running for a while before adding your rock & sand. Will you still ship it in 2 shipments? __________________ DSA 105g Neo Pro

01/12/2015, 08:27 AM	#246
liverock RC Sponsor Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Tampa Posts: 3,836	No problem...just put that in the comments area of the order form! sea ya Richard TBS www.tbsaltwater.com __________________ Rock-On! Madelyn & Jocelyn www.tbsaltwater.com Find us on Instagram tbs_liverockrocks Current Tank Info: mixed reef

09/26/2013, 07:42 AM	#228
liverock RC Sponsor Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Tampa Posts: 3,836	You can figure three times the size of the Package in weight...and on part two, less as you will not have the sand weight...so a 75....about 225# part one... sea ya Richard TBS www.tbsaltwater.com www.itzalodge.com

09/26/2013, 11:28 AM	#230
liverock RC Sponsor Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Tampa Posts: 3,836	Would be for part one...part two a little less as you will not have the sand weight! sea ya Richard tBS www.tbsaltwater.com www.itzalodge.com

09/26/2013, 02:54 PM	#232
liverock RC Sponsor Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Tampa Posts: 3,836	read here! http://tbsaltwater.com/thepackage/index.html Richard TBS ww.tbsaltwater.com www.itzalodge.com

12/22/2013, 07:11 AM	#234
Mazzy Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Michigan! GO BLUE!! Posts: 172	The title is correct - this really is AMAZING dry rock!! Got my order two days ago and it is so nice and fits together so well that I'm having a hard time deciding just how I want to stack it! No more "well this piece HAS to go here because it won't fit anywhere else without falling." Nope. any piece fits together with any other and the cave-making ability with this rock is absolutely astounding!! Most of my pieces have a slight curve to one side that allows me to decide exactly how I want to use it (for cave or for flat-rock stacking) instead of having the aquascape dictated to me by the usually limited stacking ability of the rock. Posted in Vendor Exp. forum too. I can not recommend this rock highly enough!!

01/05/2014, 08:09 AM	#235
Mazzy Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Michigan! GO BLUE!! Posts: 172	Here's that dry rock 'in action'. I didn't use all the pieces and I took a hammer to a couple that I did use (each piece does seem to have a little kind of 'foot' nub - maybe from the mold??). My aquascape is pretty boring because I played with it so much that I finally got sick of messing with it, lol, but you still get the idea of how easy it was to stack I think. Also I seeded the tank with LR from the LFS but then ended up pulling them once I put this rock in because it was kinda hard to incorporate it into this stuff (being that this stacks together easily while the random LR pieces had different textures that didn't want to grab hold of each other OR to this dry rock so well). But what I really liked about it was that I didn't have to purposely try to make caves. I solely concentrated on stacking and the caves just created themselves naturally due to the slight curvature of the rocks. That was nice.

01/21/2014, 07:17 PM	#236
moondoggy4 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: menifee So cal Posts: 11,042	Can you do a nano tank I have a 12'' X 12'' x 12'' Mr Aqua tank I was thinking about putting a Blue Dot Jawfish in there.

03/30/2014, 08:08 PM	#238
IMAMONSTER Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2012 Posts: 70	Hey lots of pic of your dry rock. Do you have pics of your rocks from the gulf?

04/18/2014, 05:04 AM	#240
Aran Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: penfield ny Posts: 72	does the dry rock need to be treated in any way after we receive it or just go ahead and start cycling?

11/30/2014, 12:41 AM	#242
Jw20VT Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2013 Posts: 1	Are you still offering Dry rock? Havent heard or seen any movement on this thread for few months and wanted to ask before ordering I'm in need of more rock , i'm a nervous wreck trying to figure best path to go adding more rock to my 1.5 year established system without causing a mini cycle or anything. I'm too worried to just add more already live rock into my tank even though the reasoning for my need badly for more rock is i need to boost up my bio-filter, So I figured ill buy dry and let it creat its own life ....I was told your stuff is the best way to go both Dry and Live.... figure

01/11/2015, 08:06 PM	#244
tc2007 Registered Member Join Date: May 2014 Location: Midwest Posts: 867	I am very interested in adding 20lbs of your rock in my 2 month old tank. I already have about 50lbs of old rock but not much life on it as I ran medication. I am afraid of nasties especially mantis shrimp, pistol shrimp, large worms etc. What are the chance of those getting in? I am not too afraid of aiptasia or mojano.

01/11/2015, 10:25 PM	#245
tc2007 Registered Member Join Date: May 2014 Location: Midwest Posts: 867	PS: Is it also possible to ask for smaller pieces so as to avoid larger critters?

10/25/2016, 12:39 PM	#250
Elricsfate Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2016 Location: Fredericksburg, Va Posts: 482	I am interested in ordering "the package" for my tank, but would probably like to mix some of the dry rock with some of the live rock. Is that doable? How about getting all of the other components and a smaller order of rock that the package calls for, if I want to do a less dense build? I ordered "the package" from you for a 55g like 15 years ago. Been out of the hobby most of that time, and getting back in with a 180. TBS is pretty much the only source I considered for my new tank. Cheers.