got live rock with extra's

[Dusty]

about a month ago i when to sw store in the next town over.looking for some corals/fish and so on.well while i was there i talked to the owner for a min and she was telling me about the live rock they sell 9.99 lbs i was thinking that its abit high but i got a peace 4 lbs. it has some good coralline cover purple and a realy dark red and some other stuff i dont think its coralline, its orange but it looks like coralline just orange.
had 5 or 6 sw clams and some kind of micro algae ive never seen,its short tan in color looks like fan grows in clumps,and a dark red micro algae that grows bubble leaves that are dark red.
well anyway i wanted to remove the tan fan looking algae so i pulled it off the rock, behind the fan I found a hole i didnt think anything of it, then last night i was looking my tank over and i seen some thing moving in the hole so i pulled up a set and waited to see what it was and it didnt take long. its a baby mantis srimp about a 1" long.
so the Q is was the rock worth $40?

 

[albano]

live rock $40...finding the mantis shrimp before there's a problem...PRICELESS



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[motortrendz]

man i remember paying those prices.. when i first got started i would drive out to PA to a place called the hidden reef, they had figi at 5.00lb and branching tonga at 7.00lb, which was a much better price if your buying a hundred pounds or more, but man i felt like i was robbed, lol bc you can stock your tank on here with awsome pieces from our members at like 2-3$ a pound.. bug difference..so always check the market before u go and buy anywhere..also a plug for saltwatter critters, russ is the man and will hook you up with whatever u need and cant find...

 

[Dusty]

No i wanted a mantis shrimp. but i didnt now where to get one or how much they are. im going to put him in my wet/dry tank 29 gallon.

 

[albano]

No i wanted a mantis shrimp. but i didnt now where to get one or how much they are. im going to put him in my wet/dry tank 29 gallon.

Well, if you wanted the mantis, then I guess it was worth it. Will you be able to 'enjoy' it, while it's in the sump? BTW, you know that they're called 'thumb splitters', right...
http://ozreef.org/library/articles/mantis_shrimp.html


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[motortrendz]

thats all part of the thrill... like owning a lion or a tiger, or bear...oh my!

 

[Dusty]

ya i seen some Videos about them. and my wet/dry 29 gallon is set up like a sw tank its just not full all the way to the top, alittle less then 3/4 full with diffrent kinds of micro algae to help.

 

[Imbarrie]

So I would be pretty happy with the rock. Seems steep at first but I don't mind paying a little more for some nice surprises.
BTW I wouldn't pay that much for rock. Plenty of vendors in here can beat that price considerably.


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[motortrendz]

so i would be pretty happy with the rock. Seems steep at first but i don't mind paying a little more for some nice surprises.
Btw i wouldn't pay that much for rock. Plenty of vendors in here can beat that price considerably.


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+1

 

[albano]

BTW I wouldn't pay that much for rock. Plenty of vendors in here can beat that price considerably.

Dusty is in FLORIDA
.....great idea, bad timing!


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[Dusty]

well it had more on it then that, there was two little white with black striped brit star and two little white 7 legged star fish..
what does a mantis cost?

 

[Dusty]

you dont like FLA?

 

[beerfish]

Dusty is in FLORIDA
.....great idea, bad timing!


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At $10/lb... some of the vendors here may be able to beat that price WITH shipping!

 

[albano]

you dont like FLA?

Not at all, I have family in Port St. Lucie, I meant that the cost of shipping, doesn't save you a lot of $ on a 4 LB. rock



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[beerfish]

If you're happy with the rock and the shrimp, you shouldn't worry about the price. A mantis will run you at least $20, which means the rock was only $5 a pound.

Don't worry about it if you're happy with the end result!

 

[Dusty]

i just got it because i liked the way it looked not because i needed it. it was a want not a need..

 

[beerfish]

Then it was worth $40. Enjoy it!

 

[motortrendz]

al, i told you it was fitting!!!!, and i was just giving ideas abt better cost and what ive pd retail, yet ive seen more local guys charge 10.00 for dead rock( well they said its live bc its in water) and up to 13.00 for nice tonga branching rock, and yea it was nice but not THAT nice.. ill leave their names out.. some people may like those places, but other stuff is great in one place and a waste of time in the other!.. if your in florida can you get some of the rcently farmed rock? maybe cheaper bc your closer? just a thought...

 

[Dusty]

i could get it for alot less, but i liked the look of it so got it. if it a'nt alive with all this coralline growing on it then i a'nt never seen a live rock before..

 

[Keith P]

I don't like surprises