Hirocks group buy?

[rick051074]

Anyone interested in a Hirocks base rock group buy. They sell it by the ton (2240lbs.) for $1700 shipping included. Thats about $.75 a lb. With enough people its pretty cheap. You can check out the site at www.hirocks.com

Rick

[CH]

I would be interested, if we can get enough people!
I bought some awile back and was pretty happy with it.
I could use a little more, and their rubble is great for frags.

[rick051074]

Ok I figure it will take a while to get it organized so I figured I would start it now. If you know how much you are looking to get please post it as well,

Rick

[rick051074]

I would hope to get 10-15 ppl involved.

[CH]

I probably am only looking for 40-50 pounds or so.

[rick051074]

Sounds good.

[nebraskareef]

I would want about 100 pounds.

Will they do less amount of rock and we can still get a decent deal?

[rick051074]

Not sure. I would want about 100 also. I am just going by thier listed deals.

[rick051074]

Are you guys still interested???
I emailed them yesterday and got an email back today. If we order 300lbs he will give 10% off. So we would be looking at $404 for 300lbs. Let me know.

Rick

[CH]

I don't think I can right now, had some expenses come up, and we are going on vaction next week, so I will be short on extra money for awile!

[rick051074]

No problem. I may rethink what to do then. Thanks for letting me know.

Rick

[CH]

Just bringing this back up. I may be looking to get some more rock, and thought we could see if we could get a group buy organized again.
Rick, are you interested in heading this up again, since you started it, or have you already done something different?

[rick051074]

I would not be interested at the moment. Im in the process of moving. I will be down the road, but it would be 6months-1 year away. Sorry.

Rick

[CH]

No problem, I totally forgot that you were in the middle of moving and all that! All these threads tend to blur together over time!
Anyway, I just thought about ordering 30 or so pounds of rubble, and remembered this thread!

[kj]

I will take 100 lbs if you do this just let me know.

[Fantasy Reefer]

You can put me down for 30-40 pounds.

[Willie41]

I could use 10lbs.

[abbalahdun]

i could use 25lbs or so

[CH]

Looks like we have some interest going here. Just so everyone knows, this is dry base rock. It is great stuff, I have about 30lbs in my tank now. It's pretty white when you first put it in, but in 6 months or so, it dissapears (if you have good coraline growth)

Here's the website if you want to take a look.
Hirocks (http://www.hirocks.com/Our_Products.html)

I personally want to get the smaller pieces which range from golf ball to baseball, which are great for attaching frags, but I also wouldn't mind a few of the bigger nice pieces.
If everyone wants to let me know which type you are looking for, I can see what we can put together. Maybe we can get a couple of different boxes and do a mix and match.

[rick051074]

Hey Chris, when you figure out how much you want email hirock1@adelphia.net (pretty sure thats the current email) he will usually give you a better price if you buy more than the normal 30-60lbs.

Rick

[karenj]

Hi, I would be interested in about 30-40 lbs mostly rubble if possible. Let me know. Karen

[CH]

Thanks Rick, I was wondering if he did that.

I'm going to put together a spread sheet to track everyones order, so hopefully I can get a cost for rubble and a cost for "best". The listed cost is about $0.85 and $1.75 per pound, respectively, so I would plan on that much, with the hope that it may be a little less.

Karen, I will put you on the list! By the way, welcome to the forum! Are you in the Omaha area?

[Fantasy Reefer]

I think my list is similar to yours chris. I mostly want rubble for frags but a bigger piece or 2 would be ok.

[kau_cinta_ku]

i may be intrested in 50lbs of good size rock and about 10 lbs of rubble but someone would have to hold it for me till i can get up to omaha to pick it up.

[CH]

I'll add you to the list for now. If everything works out and we make the order, I can probably hold yours, since I will have it shipped here anyway.

[kau_cinta_ku]

thanks alot.

[karenj]

Hi, yes I live in Omaha. New to the group but lived here most of my life. It looks like there is a lot of interest in this rock so I am looking forward to it. Thanks, Karen

[abbalahdun]

id like about 15 lbs good sized 10 of rubble

[rick051074]

Now that I think about it. Put me down for 20-30lbs of rubble Chris.

Thanks

[Willie41]

3lb-5lb pieces for me Chris.

[kj]

I will take 50lbs of big pics.Going to get a order of fresh too if anyone is interested.In going in on that .

[abbalahdun]

fresh waht??

[kj]

fresh live rock the stuff from hirocks is dry .It is mined from dry ground not out of the ocean .Iam going to order some liverock that is fresh .already has coraline on it .

[rick051074]

Hirocks rock came from the ocean. It is dry base rock from Hawaii. Alot of it acually came from deepening Pearl Harbor. Dont quote me on this it is just what I read but cant seem to find the source now.

[rick051074]

Ok found it. From Hirocks ebay auction. "This Hawaiian Dry-Base Rock is ideal for all marine aquariums. It came from the waters of Hawaii about twenty years ago when they chose to expand one of their harbors."

So it might not have been Pearl Harbor but some other one.

[CH]

Yeah, it was once in the ocean. On my last order, a lot of the pieces had shell imprints, coral skeletons, etc. It's definately the way to go if you want to save some money. When I upgraded from a 29 to my 75, I bought about 35 lbs of the rubble, although I asked him to throw in a couple of bigger sized pieces. I simply used this, and then added the 30 or so pounds of live from the 29, and it worked out great. I also threw a few pounds of the really small pieces into my sump, and pull it out to attach frags to.
For a new tank, you would still want to buy live rock, as KJ is going to do, to seed it. But in an established tank, it's great to just add and build up what you have, throw it in the sump, use it for frags, etc.

Looks like this is going to be a pretty good sized order. I may have to ask for the money up front, because I don't think I can afford to pay for it all myself. I think I will plan on ordering it next week, so if anyone else is interested, please post. Once I get a total order and a final price, I wll let everyone know their total.

[kj]

Yes Rick is right it was at one time in the ocean .But has been dry for along time .As CH says it is great to add to a tank that already has been up and running It will purple up real nice I already have some in my one tank .Iam getting the freash to put in a new tank with the dry .

[Willie41]

Chris throw in another 5 pounds of smaller pieces for me also.

Willie

[abbalahdun]

kj I am interested in some fresh lr too

[Schenkelsteel]

What is the diff between hirocks and reeferrock?

I am needing about 50 lbs of large dead rock for tank start up.

What is the shipping cost or is .85 and $1.75 FOB Omaha?
thanks

[CH]

I've heard that reeferrocks is more porous, but I have no personal experience with it. It also cost about twice as much.
The Hirocks price does include shipping. I haven't been in contact yet to see if I can get a better price, so this cost is directly from their website - for example a 30lb box of the "best" is $52.00 shipped, which equates to roughly $1.75 per pound. Now that I look at it, if you get the 60lb box, it comes out to more like $1.55 per pound.
I'm thinking the bigger order we get, the better price we will get.

I will get all of the pricing taken care of in the next couple of days, and let everybody know.

Here are a couple of pics of the last order I got, just to show everybody.

http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/500/35591rock1.JPG
Here it is in the box

http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/500/35591rock2.JPG
Here's a couple of the better pieces.

You'll notice it's pretty dense, but it still looks good. Some of the pieces were very plain, but supposedly the "best" is, well, better :-)

[rick051074]

Hey Chris make sure to check ebay. He has a 60lb box of his best on his website for $92 shipped but you can usually win an auction and only pay $75 for the same thing. Like this http://cgi.ebay.com/BASE-ROCK-60LBS-Our-Best_W0QQitemZ7739270773QQcategoryZ20757QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

[CH]

oh yeah, I forgot about it being on ebay. I'm going to email him directly though, and see what he can do.

[huskerreef]

a lot of interest, is there a running total yet? I would take 2-300lbs of bigger stuff.

[huskerreef]

how you going to divide it up when it comes in.....will there be battles for the sweet pieces leaving someone with the scrap.

[CH]

I'm not really sure, I may have to go through and divide it equally first! In my experience, most of the pieces are pretty equal quality. I will probably order a bit extra, just to make up for some of the crap pieces.
So, I should put you down for 300? (big difference between 200 & 300)
With your 300, it puts the order at about 3 - 60# cases of the rubble and 8 - 60# cases of the "best", $886
Yeah, I will definately have to collect the money upfront for this!

[got2lb]

Thought I'd chime in here a little bit. Don't want to get your thread to sidetracked but I bought some from reeferrocks and it is some awesome stuff. But I've heard that some of the stuff from hirocks is pretty good too, and quite a bit cheaper. You might want to check out reeferrocks, when I ordered mine I was trying to get a bunch of people together (they all ended up bailing) and if you order so much he will sell it to you for wholesale price. Can't remember how much iyou have to order though. Just thought you might want to check into it.

If you guys end up ordering through hirocks please post some pictures of their "best" stuff I'm curious as to how good it is.



Just thought I'd share a picture with you guys so you can see what the reeferrocks.com stuff looks like.

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y195/got2lb/DSCF0077.jpg

[huskerreef]

whats the final cost per Lb? and when do you plan to do this?

[CH]

Right now the cost is about $1.55 per pound on the good stuff, and about 0.85 on the rubble.
I am hoping to place the order in the next week or so, as long as it works out for everybody.

[Willie41]

Works for me. How much do I owe? Chris pm me your email address so I can send the picture you wanted.

[karenj]

Hi, Sounds great to me. Let me know where and when you want to be paid. Thanks, Karen

[rick051074]

Same here just let me know when you need/want it.

[Schenkelsteel]

I'm out...

got2lb sold me on the reeferrock
Final shipping of 55 lbs to my door is $2.32/lb & they will take
a picture of your order before it leaves so your happy and getting
exactly what you want.
I really don't want to put in anything too dense.

[CH]

Hey everyone, sorry, I've had a hectic week, and I kind of put some things off.

Ok, here is what I have so far for orders and totals:

Willie - 5lbs rubble, 10lbs best - $19.75
Fantasy Reefer - 30lbs rubble, 10lbs best - $41.00
KJ - 10lbs best - $77.50
abbalahdun - 10lbs rubble, 15lbs best - $31.75
KarenJ - 40lbs rubble - $34.00
kau cinta ku - 10lbs rubble, 50lbs best - $86.00
Rick - 30lbs rubble - $25.50
husker reef - 300lbs best - $465.00

If anyone else wants to add to the order feel free. I will place the order as soon as I can collect all of the money. I know its odd to pay for it up front, but I don't see any way that I can afford $886 out of my pocket to make the initial order. I hope everybody is comfortable with this! We can either meet someplace, or you can run by my house, or even mail it to me. Whatever works out for each of you.

[huskerreef]

hey chris i need to bail something has come up, maybe if you are still putting it together in a week or so I would be back in.

[CH]

Well, I can wait if you want me to. I really have no time frame in mind. I was just going to wait until everybody confirms and pays, and then go from there.
If you definately want in, I can hold off a bit, if not, that's fine too

[kau_cinta_ku]

yeah sorry i am also gonna have to bale as i was in an accident and am looking for a car so not sure when i will have the money or make it to omaha for that matter

[Willie41]

I'll mail you a check Chris. Thanks. Send me your email address so I can send picture of my hood on tank.

[rick051074]

KJ's seems a little expensive. ;)

[CH]

Oops, his should be 50lbs of the best!
Sorry!

[kj]

Chris I sent you a pm a week ago Iam not interested any more bought all live .good luck with your order

[rick051074]

Also Chris could you adjust mine to 20lbs. I can get you the money this week just let me know how.


Rick

[CH]

Kj, sorry about that! yes I did get your pm, just completely forgot!

Rick adjusted yours to 20lbs = $17.00

I'll figure out a good way to collect the money and let everyone know. The order keeps changing around so much, I just want to make sure it's final first!


Thanks!

[abbalahdun]

damn Im sorry Chris, could you change mine to 15 lbs rubble...
some unexpected cost have come up

[WedThursFri]

Did this ever happen? If not, is it going too? I'd jump in if possible.

John

[nebraskareef]

John, PM me, I've been meaning to talk to you!

[CH]

No it hasn't happened yet. I apologize to everyone who has been waiting. I will get my spreadsheet updated tonight, and post the amounts and costs for everybody and verify who all still wants in.

[nebraskareef]

I want in too Chris, LOL.

I'll let you know what I want in a couple of hours.

[WedThursFri]

Chris
I would like 10 lbs rubble / 15 lbs best. PM me with info for PayPal or where to send a check.

Thanks, John

[WedThursFri]

Chris
I found some live rock in Lincoln. I bought all that I need at the moment. So I'm out. Thanks though.

John