What does your LFS charge for live rock?

[Anonymous]

Just curious...looking for as many responses as possible, and if there are different prices for different kinds, please note them.

Thanks.

Peace,

Chip

 

[brandon4291]

In Lubbock, we pay about $4.75/lb for nice purple live rock. Uncured runs about $3.50? depending on the mood of the LFS teenager when they decide to ring up your bill.

 

[Anonymous]

the norm out here is like $3.99 for fiji cured. but I have seen it higher. Shop around for people dismantaling tanks they usually seel the stuff for cheap and its already cured

 

[Anonymous]

Too F%*&ing much! Like $6.99 to $7.99lb! I robbed rock out of my other two reefs to build this last one.

Jim

 

[DOGMAI]

One store sells it for $4.99/lb. another sells it for $3.99/lb. uncured and $4.99/lb cured. That is not to bad. The bad part is all the rock is ugly as hell. White with no Algae growing on it. Wouldent mind paying that much for good looking rock. I like to get what I pay for.

 

[Yellowboy]

most of the stores around here change the price depending on how much you buy...the more you buy the cheaper per pound but i don't think i could ever get it as low as 3.99!!!

 

[Anonymous]

recently I bought some really nice fiji, kaelini, and tonga brach for like $1.85 lb and $2.65 lb. All the rocks had corals and polyps and sponges all over the place. It was a good find out of www.recycler.com

 

[fishfanatic2]

The norm here is 7.00 a lb. for semi-good Fiji, 1 less for some OK tonga. Good rock runs like 8-10 a lb. I got my good rock off the internet for 3.00 a lb., though

 

[mooner]

$8 to $10 per pound depending on how much you get. I don't shop there much any more for obvious reasons and the LR is pretty average.

 

[Anonymous]

10.99 for Figi cured, it's really nice though, but 9.99 for the not so pretty figi.

 

[liquid]

Somewhere between $6-$10/lb out here locally.

Shane

 

[Anonymous]

average 4.89 to 8.99 a pound n matter cured or un- depends on type and how good it looks- I hate the LFSs in this area- I wish mine was still open- I miss my employee discounts.

 

[Anonymous]

My LFS charges $9 per pound, and nobody buys much. The decent reef stores within a couple hours drive (NY and CT) mostly charge about $5 per lb.

 

[Mogo]

About $9 per pound CDN.

 

[ReefMon]

It runs $3.50 to $8.00 depending on the shop and the type of rock.
I still cant figure out why the domestic aquaculterd is the most expensive... :roll:

Happy Reefing
Glenn R

 

[baseman]

My LFS hasn't reopened yet, but when I bought my LR it was 5.95 for cured Figi. They had Brazilian LR for a while that went for 7.95 cured.

 

[Dan81]

5.95 for primo stuff in north Louisisana, belive it or not

 

[LauraH]

Generally between $5 - $7 lb here.

 

[moreey]

usually between 8-10 and it never looks that good. I ordered uncured on the net and paid less, but curing was alot of work!

 

[highrpm]

My LFS in Dayton sells Fiji for 3-5 per lb, depending on how nice it is. Caribbean worm rock is 6-8. I was at a LFS in Cincy yesterday, they have crappy fiji rock for 14.99. I was LMAO when I saw it. It is a crappy store anyway, probably won't stop in there any more. They had a 4 foot nurse shark in the equivalent of a 120 gallon tank. They also had a crap load of mushrooms, on small rocks, ranging from 29.99 to 49.99 per rock, biggest pieces were softball sized rocks, all labeled as coral rock!