Finally got some more rock!

[leon]

I finally got some more L.R today, got a mix of fiji, red sea and tongan, 18kgs worth, and got it very cheap too, by far the cheapest ive seen £7 p/kg , which gives me a total of 81kgs , the bloke was very nice, all done from his house (which was huge) he had more rock and corals than in any shop ive been into, and way cheaper!, and his tank was awesome , i think it was 3500 gallons, £9k of L.R £20k of corals and fish, £12k on lighting, basically HUGE!.
It took me bloody ages aquascaping the lot again, but finally did it, hours later! , also got some eggcrate for the cover, which was lucky, as when i was getting shower after being in the tank, then gonna cut the eggcrate, i was getting dressed and all of a sudden, the missus was screaming me, ran down stairs to find Mrs bluethroat flippng away on the dining table 4ft away! , needless to say the eggcrate was very swiftly cut and put on!
will post pics tommorow when water has cleared.
leon

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[leon]

forgot to say, also got a piece of rock with an acro, pulsing xenia, and a polyp colony on it, £25 - bargain, will post pic later.
leon

 

[TBLightningFan]

Pretty good price for the live rock over there compared to what I have heard Sounds awesome. Have any pictures?

 

[1152 Flying Fish]

cant wait to see the tank, it realy must be big if you can "get in it". and what discounts on that rock!

 

[fraservet]

I notice you are fairly near me, any chance of giving me the details of the place you got your rock?

 

[leon]

yeah the rock is cheap for over here, works out at $13.10, p/kg, whereas usually it costs between $18 - $23 p/kg. Even internet prices are about that when P&P is added, and it really good stuff too, most of the LFS rock is really dull, lifeless with no coraline to it!. The bloke i got it off is from another forum, navarre and STE2K3 will know who he is (17000ltr) he gets that much that he sells it to shops, aquariums ect! and corals too!
pics coming soon
leon

 

[Navarre]

Ah yes Acro house! KNow him well and he is actually a sponsor to a site i attend to. We recently had a meeting there (though i didnt go) and from what i can tll it was a fantastic meet with lots of god comments about the tank and owner.

You got a good deal there and of course the rock is of the highest quality as i have seen some of his sotck 1st hand!

 

[leon]

a pic of the coral rock i got also, has 4 types of coral on it, but i think the blue sponge is on its way out

the polyp

pulsing xenia

acro (sorry about reflection ) )

 

[Navarre]

Very nice indeed!
I like the aquascapinjg too! The tank is really taking shape now

 

[Opcn]

Man I wanted pics of the guys big tank

 

[leon]

Very nice indeed!
I like the aquascapinjg too! The tank is really taking shape now

Cheers, it took me ages to put it all together, my hands were in agony afterwards , i dont want to use milliput, so ive done it dry stone wall style, i think it looks more natural, and it gives plenty of hiding places of all sizes and channels through it for the inhabitants, plus with the red sea rock, its given me good overhangs so i can put the none light loving corals there, ie my sponge and a sun coral eventually.
Leon

 

[leon]

For you ocpn!
This is the blokes (mark) website
acro house
the pics really dont do it justice, some(alot) of the fish are over a foot, to give you some idea of the size
fraservet i'll pm you
leon

 

[Opcn]

Thx Leon, I'm sorry I didn't comment on your aquascapeing it looks quite good, but I'm on dial up and I had scrolled past it before it even started to load and all I saw were the pics of the corals you got, I was thinking to myself "how the _____ does navarre know how his AquaScapeing is comeing from these " But good Job leon