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Old 06-29-2009, 05:01 PM
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Default Purchasing LR from Big Als

Just wondering if anyone has any experiences from buying LR from Big Als in Calgary.
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Old 06-29-2009, 05:38 PM
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Old 06-29-2009, 05:43 PM
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Unless your desperate try and buy from other reefers, you will get better rock at better prices. I always see LR in the classifieds here on Canreef.
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I bought 2 pieces out of their displays because I loved them so much. I literally boiled both. I can 100% garantee my rock is pest free =)
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I will never buy anything from them after seeing they had 2 octopus's and 1 big and 2 med eel's in hamster balls. The eel and the one large octopus were so confined they couldn't even move. I sure some other people seen that in burn.
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I bought 2 pieces out of their displays because I loved them so much. I literally boiled both. I can 100% garantee my rock is pest free =)
Was it the same price as the live rock in the bins? Ive seen some real nice pieces in their displays as well.
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Old 06-30-2009, 04:41 AM
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Yeah which means it wasn't cheap. Both rocks were like $150. But they get somebeautiful rock there and the employees like to put thenicest ones in displays. Wish they had dry rock. Wish anyone local did.
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Yea, I am looking for dry rock also. I bought a couple of pcs this wknd from BigAls, lets hope everything is okay.
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I will never buy anything from them after seeing they had 2 octopus's and 1 big and 2 med eel's in hamster balls. The eel and the one large octopus were so confined they couldn't even move. I sure some other people seen that in burn.
yup I saw that too. Did you notice that one of the octos was a BLUE RING? unbelievable.

OP yeah I agree with those that boil their LR from big al's. I bought two small pieces and left them on the deck to die for a week. If possible though, check with other reefers for usually better rock at usually better prices.
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