Fresh, clean, liverock........... direct from Indonesia. Picture taken of actual liverock we receive from this area. Price is $9.99 per pound. ................................................................................................ About liverock: Fiji live rock has been a popular live rock for many years. Of the many types that used to be available air-freighted until a few years ago, we offered the highest grade available. It's important to distinguish what type of Fiji live rock is "out there" in the marketplace. ....................... About five years ago, over three-quarters of Fiji live rock became boat rock, that is, it rides a boat from Fiji to America. Then it sits a month in a container awaiting U.S. Fish & Wildlife inspection.....and that doesnt include the wait time required for the re-export permit necessary before shipping to Canada. Since about late 2006 it has all been boat rock. ...................................................................................... There has been no air-freighted Fiji live rock for a few years now. Boat rock has been it. It is gray and cementy looking, but allegedly will eventually grow coralline back on it. We refused to carry it. We recommend buying real live rock for your tanks. ............................. Real live rock is air-freighted, fresh, and covered in living things. None of those terms describe Fiji boat rock any longer. In part, the public demand for cheap-cheap-cheap is what drove the price war and created the boat rock. Now it is not the same product it was, even though it is sold as such without full disclosure and has been for years since day one. (It's a sorry story if you ask me.) ........................................ There are several types of live rock available from Bali and they are all good. Usually the live rock from Bali or Indonesia is individually wrapped in wet newspaper, boxes are lined with a plastic bag for moisture so lots of cool stuff makes the trip. There is Alor, which has an excellent reputation, but varies. Then there is Blue Ridge, which is encursted pieces of dead Heliopora, and is fragile. Then there is sometimes what we call Purple Popcorn, which is a very purple and bumpy rock, but not always available. Plus Bali is the only place to get XL pieces now. You can get a box of usually 55-85 lbs., with 1, 2, or 3 pieces. They usually get it right. For large tanks these are great pieces, big shapely coral rock heads...................................................... If the place you are getting your liverock cant show you the containers clearly marked, for your identification purposes, or their copy of the actual importation documents, you leave yourself wide open to being taken advantage of by unscrupulous merchants.