LIVE ROCK PHOTOS & PRICING

WILD FIJI LIVE ROCK

As some of you may have already heard, wild Fiji live rock is now available again. Here is what a customer of ours said about it ..

"... the rock is absolutely phenomenal! Several dead starfish and detached clams, but a few crabs made it and some oddball killer worm (probably). Lots of macros and some colors still as well. Lightweight, porous and just like the rock I remember of old. Walt knocked it out of the park!! This is some very sweet rock!"

Also, here are some photos he sent right out of the box.





























Thanks to Dave B. for the pics!

We're sure this rock will be covered in purple coralline in no time. Nothing grows purple coralline like Fiji live rock. Be sure to read our article on rock weights, which explains that there can be some evaporation along the way that can affect the weight by a couple or a few pounds. Walt Smith Co. weighs the boxes to 48 pounds, airline weights are shipping weights and not absolute weights. Also, please read our page on curing live rock.


Rock Weights

Curing Live Rock

Also see useful guidelines in caring for your live rock toward the bottom of the following page ...

Live Rock Overview

Wild Fiji Live Rock - Air-freighted

Note - There is currently a $25 tariff fee per box that will be added to the pricing below, regardless of the number of boxes ordered. A fuel surcharge is currently being waived, but at any time, this could be added.

1 Box - $8.00 (per lb.) - 48 lbs. - $384.00

2 Boxes - $7.90 (per lb.) - 96 lbs. - $758.40 - ($379.20 per box)

3 Boxes - $7.80 (per lb.) - 144 lbs. - $1123.20 - ($374.40 per box)

4 Boxes - $7.75 (per lb.) - 192 lbs. - $1488.00 - ($372.00 per box)


Shipping cost to your airport is not included, you will pay your shipping to the airline when you pick up your order.

Live Rock Ordering Page

We ship to many major U.S. airports. If you wish to confirm shipping availability to your airport prior to ordering, just send us an email or give us a call. We can give you an idea of what your shipping costs will be based on your airport. Shipping costs average $1.00 per pound although one-box shipments will be the minimum charge the airline has for air freight since it is under a hundred pounds. Your domestic shipping, LAX to you, will be paid directly to the airline when you pick up your live rock.

Leadtimes for the various livestock products can fluctuate and are dependent on where your live rock or corals originate from, as the incoming flights may arrive on different days. Due to this, ship days may vary. However, Fiji typically arrives to LAX every Tuesday, so arrives to final destinations on Wednesdays.

Also, we place our orders several days in advance of the incoming shipments. If your order is placed prior to our ordering day, your order may arrive in approx. five days (or sooner). If your order is placed just after our ordering day (deadline), your order will more than likely arrive with the subsequent incoming shipment, which can be a week or so later.

Also, there can be delays during certain times of the year. Planning ahead is crucial when scheduling your livestock order.

We do not ship to the Los Angeles metropolitan area or Canada, we can only ship to U.S. lower 48 states.

FIJI CULTURED LIVE ROCK

There is Fiji live rock! They found it! The lost rock. This is cultured and made from a combination of cement, oyster shell, and (coral) sand and bits. It has been under water over three years now and looks great. It is not actual old eroded coral pieces, but the overall visual effect is pretty close to what a reef of good Fiji live rock looked like. So it is not wild coral pieces, but the coverage makes up for it. It is encrusted with all kinds of the usual Fiji corallines and such. Current schedule has it arriving to LAX on Wednesdays with Fiji fish shipments, so Thursday to you.

Fiji Cultured Live Rock - Air-freighted

Note - There is currently a $25 tariff fee per box that will be added to the pricing below.

1 Box - $7.50 (per lb.) - 48 lbs. - $360.00

2 Boxes - $7.40 (per lb.) - 96 lbs. - $710.00 - ($355.20 per box)

3 Boxes - $7.30 (per lb.) - 144 lbs. - $1051.00 - ($350.30 per box)

4 Boxes - $7.20 (per lb.) - 192 lbs. - $1382.00 - ($345.50 per box)


Shipping cost to your airport is not included, you will pay your shipping to the airline when you pick up your order.

Live Rock Ordering Page

Thanks to John M. of Virginia for the following photos of his Fiji cultured live rock after curing, and the following comments ...

"Some quick mobile phone pics of the rocks are attached. They cured surprisingly quick. Just under a week-and-a-half. Without a skimmer no less, just a good-sized water change every 2-3 days. The amount of life showing up already is surprising as well. Pink, purple, and red coralline is beginning to take hold. Dozens of tunicates. And even a few zoanthids."

Then a bit later ...

"Oh yeah, almost forgot to mention there is some type of SPS coral growing on the live rock already too. Just noticed it two nights ago when my lights went into the actinic range just before shutting off for the night. It's barely the size of a tic-tac candy so too soon tell if it'll be encrusting or branching. But there's enough 'skin' and poly definition to make me 90% certain it's SPS (green with red polyps by the look of it). Either way, a very cool surprise especially this early on."