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Old 12/18/2006, 04:34 PM
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Question Anyone bought rocks here before?
Has anyone bought rocks from here before?

http://www.marcorocks.com/
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Old 12/18/2006, 04:47 PM
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nope

never heard of em
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Old 12/18/2006, 10:39 PM
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Old 12/18/2006, 10:48 PM
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Looks like nice rock. That is if the rocks in the picture are typical of what you get.
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Old 12/18/2006, 10:50 PM
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I was checking them out today too. I found some auctions of theirs on Ebay. I need some base rock and really don't feel like messing with DIY for now.
If you order, let us know what you think.


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Old 12/18/2006, 10:52 PM
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Here is the link to the Ebay auctions
Marco Rocks
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Old 12/18/2006, 10:57 PM
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My LFS is ordering 900lbs of the stuff and I told him I would take 200lbs of it off his hands. I was just curious if anyone has had any experience with it yet?
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Old 12/19/2006, 06:52 PM
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I ordered 150lbs from him. Hopefully it ships soon!
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Old 12/27/2006, 08:27 PM
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Here are the pictures of the marco rocks! It has to be the nicest rock I have ever seen. 100 times better than reeferrocks...











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Old 12/27/2006, 08:48 PM
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Here are the pictures of the marco rocks! It has to be the nicest rock I have ever seen. 100 times better than reeferrocks...

looks like dead live rock . i think reefer rocks come out of the ground . I agree , this stuff looks nice : )
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Old 12/27/2006, 09:16 PM
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Half the people in the Boston Reefers use it and it is awesome dry rock.

If you have seen it in a lot of nice reefs like I have you would see it is top of the line.


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Old 12/27/2006, 09:29 PM
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Looks like great stuff. Will have to order. I noticed it's cheaper through Ebay than off their website.
Thanks for the pictures.
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Old 12/27/2006, 09:31 PM
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Looks like great stuff. Will have to order. I noticed it's cheaper through Ebay than off their website.
Thanks for the pictures.
I think its free shipping on their website and its like $22 shipping on ebay so it comes out to be the same price.
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Old 12/27/2006, 09:50 PM
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got 100lbs in my tanks...great stuff nothing better.....
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Old 12/28/2006, 08:23 AM
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WOW!!

That is some nice rock! Thanks for sharing!
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Old 12/28/2006, 02:58 PM
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Marco Rocks is amazing...Just got 150 lbs. If you need pics of my order i'll get you some.

His shipping is great, and service is better!! You can't go wrong!
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Old 12/28/2006, 02:58 PM
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Marco Rocks is amazing...Just got 150 lbs. If you need pics of my order i'll get you some.

His shipping is great, and service is better!! You can't go wrong!
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Old 12/28/2006, 03:13 PM
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He has brought several boxes to the BRS meetings, it is great looking stuff, it gets gobbled up in no time at the meetings.
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Old 12/28/2006, 03:39 PM
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No offence, but what's so "amazing" about it? It doesn't appear to hold an ounce of life. Looks like it's been sitting around in boxes for months.
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Old 12/28/2006, 05:29 PM
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Craig it is base rock, Dead live rock that can be seeded with live rock bought from the LFS, in time this rock will be just as good as that $7-$8 a lb live rock, for a fraction of the price.

I might send an order in for the 12.5lbs of rock rubble for my fuge and Nano.
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Old 12/28/2006, 06:05 PM
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Craig it is amazing for dry rock. We are not comparing to LR life here.

The shapes, sizes, all light and pourus.....And way cheaper than LR with no bad hitchikers.
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Old 12/28/2006, 06:18 PM
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WOW!!

That is some nice rock! Thanks for sharing!
your welcome!
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Old 12/28/2006, 06:19 PM
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No offence, but what's so "amazing" about it? It doesn't appear to hold an ounce of life. Looks like it's been sitting around in boxes for months.
its just base rock... I paid like $2/lb for waht i got and i will do it again if i need more. its some amazing stuff!
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Old 12/28/2006, 06:50 PM
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I know it's base rock. I've just never heard anyone refer to base rock as "amazing".....
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Old 12/29/2006, 03:08 PM
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I understand what you are saying and I did not understand the hype either until I got it. I saw it in peoples tanks and it looked nice but when you see it dry you realize how pourus it is and light. 50lbs of Marcos is alot of rock. For example for a 90 I think 75 lbs is quite enough and it has tons of holes, just what you want for LR.

Compare anywhere from $5-9 lb depending on where you live for LR that is way less pourus than this. I got a 25lb box the other day and I was amazed. He also has some Tonga Shelf right now and it is not going to available for import anymore.
 
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