I was really lucky when I first got into the hobby, as there happened to be a caring LFS fish manager with a ton of knowledge who ordered, cured, and cared for, live rock with a passion. He worked for a local LFS, and is long gone. Most of my rock came from there. However, over the last year, I have ordered about 120lbs (uncured) from J&L. It was okay. Nothing to do with J&L of course, they don't even open the boxes of uncured rock, just forward them..
I also ordered some rock from Edmonton, big mistake.
Emily B hey, ya their is an lfs in Edmonton here that has pretty good lr. A place called Aquarium Illustions, is this the place that you ordered from? I will for sure email you sometime, its cool to meet a fellow reefer that is fairly close to you haven't seen one person on this board from Edmonton at all. Btw have you dealt with saltwaterconnection? They are suppose to have awesome lr.