• Discussion of live rocks in the marine aquarium from iReef

  • Darlene

photoJ.K. (living stones)... now available!

Ryan

Yes, the photo is fine. But what the out-of-town people receive is like night and day. And where is at least 70% of the coral growth and other growths for premium live rocks? The new price is $25 per kilo, ridiculous. Someone here wrote that they caught fish in a bag, but I only saw some gammarus! Denis was trying to be smart - the rock will work, but it should at least have some porosity and not be monolithic, and it should look aesthetically pleasing in the reef. No matter how you try to fit a boulder, it just doesn't fit, and other live rocks, because its weight is about 2 kilos of monolith. Here’s a photo of one of the "live rocks" so I won't be too wordy.

Jennifer

The photo is indeed not a masterpiece. But... If you want to get the most for your money, you need to choose for yourself. Zaporizhzhia is not the East, it's not a two-week train ride. I'm not being sarcastic, I just believe that you can buy fish or coral based on photos, but live rocks should be chosen in person, preferably on the day of delivery.

Lisa

Yes, it's not the east, but I ordered stone for 1970, and the trip will cost 1000, so what's the catch? I just think that by sending to other regions, we can distinguish between boulders and normal porous stones of irregular shapes, especially since it was mentioned that the top of the reef would be laid out. Marine life and live rocks are not cheap, so the principle of "price-quality" should work, not the principle of "here you go, God, what I don't need" and leaving questionable stones for local sales when people can see and choose.

Jacqueline

Yes, it's expensive by car. But for 15 kg of stone, you can take the train - three times cheaper. When buying fundamental things like stone, you need to see them "in person." Sorry for the off-topic.

Dennis

Take a photo of all the stones.

Jessica

The photo "premium residential complex (living stones)" is outlined in red, while the other couple in the reef. And it only costs 1970.

Brent

Good stone. Some stones are laid with carolina at the bottom, or is it just my impression? In any case, I can't understand why the stone is so displeasing... What’s the point of sifting through a ton of stone and selecting for regions of another live rock? I bought 11 kg of stone for my setup at AiRife. I've seen a lot of stones over the past 3 years...

Eric

Max, everything is "class." There was a red stone, I added a little white. It's just a bit expensive and not what I expected. I was shocked when I saw the photos, but got the opposite. Nekrasov said it well: "The cuckoo praises the nightingale for praising the cuckoo." The people of Kyiv are great, one hand washes the other. Respect goes to Zhenya, all issues were resolved without fuss and there were always good bonuses, but here a young man from 1970 was underpaid. I thought there would be a discount, I called, complained, made a fuss, and when it came to bonuses, he said - forget it, there are none and there won't be any, WE are just super.

Christopher

It's not my business, but I remember how you scolded him for not answering the phone.

Deborah

We argued, not just me alone, go into the thread and see, but this person is decent and all issues were resolved. And now some purring ones have appeared and start telling me that everything is great. Everyone who sent me animals and so on is in this thread, let them say that I had problems with them. Here are the photos of the globe received and the one ordered.

Robert

People, this is a topic for orders for future deliveries - not a book of Complaints and Suggestions. I think all questions on this topic can be agreed upon by phone.

Jasmine

Don't forget about the forum rules!

John

Negotiations are ongoing. It's just that the conductors have been getting on my nerves lately! Especially the 38 train from Kyiv to Donetsk. Not only do they charge a high amount, but they also want money upfront.

James

Have they really outdone the Crimean direction?

Jamie

Yes, what a train, always problems with the conductors! Even though we pay money in advance, sometimes they "ask" for such an amount that it's easier to walk, or even worse, they refuse to take you "for any money"!

Kenneth

By the way, the Sevastopol train is not a gift either!

Robert

Offtopic, as soon as I see fresh stones, my hands itch to launch another sea or completely redo my work. You are mean, don't post photos of fresh, "tasty" stones.

Andrew

Look closely at photo five out of six (one in the reef). And if such a stone were sold in Germany, it would hardly have prospects and regular buyers afterward. And let's not confuse the standard of living and the incomes of residents in Germany, France, and London. Normal sellers would resolve the issue immediately, rather than starting to warn other suppliers, criticize the market, talk about ending cooperation with me, etc. Many buyers raise their hands high and then drop them sharply, but not from this group. There should always be a balance of price and quality, and at least a little adherence to the principle that the customer is always right.

Alicia

I sent it yesterday. They took it without any problems. Apparently, it's not the season right now, so they are taking it willingly.

Jessica

Of course, not always, but problems do exist! P.S. about the sending, not in this thread!

Christopher

The absence of coralline can indicate two things. Either the stone is very good, or it is simply dry and soaked in water. The fact is that I haven't seen coralline on the stones in the light of the sea. It is present in the shade and in the crevices, but all the stone on top is without coralline. And if the stone has coralline, then it is more likely either painted or revived dry stone from an aquarium.

Matthew

I agree. I disagree. Let's start from what we want to achieve with J.K. (living stones) in the aquarium.

Phyllis

When I needed to take 5 kg of stone for my cube, I didn't hesitate to come and choose what would suit me best, as it's very difficult to select stone from a photo.

Mark

What does earning bonuses have to do with it? For what purpose? The stone is fine. And I didn't break it with a crowbar in Indonesia; he bought it himself. That's what he was sent. I received a stone without payment because we have a good relationship, and any issues are resolved civilly. We haven't seen each other in person; we only communicate by phone. If I hadn't liked it, I would have simply sent it back... I'm not a guru of marine aquaristics, but over five years of being passionate about it, more than 200 kg of live rock has passed through me, definitely from different sources. SUCH STONES do not exist!

Kristin

1. Normal live rocks in the photo. I don't understand what the problem is? 2. I bought a lot of things from Denis with them. I don't understand what "bonuses" are, but when I urgently need something, Denis sends it to me on his word of honor. I still don't know what my balance is on their account.

David

How do you like this little stone?

Melanie

I'll add my 5 cents too. I'm very satisfied with IReef. I bought live rocks from them for my setup without seeing their photos, and the rock arrived in excellent condition. Almost everything I purchased from IReef was sent without prepayment. At first, it was quite strange that in our time, something could be sent like that without any money upfront.

Jesse

What are you getting at?

Gregory

Off-topic, now everyone will remember everything.

Curtis

Bragging. Like one stone, but very textured.

Robert

Uncle Fyodor sells stones.

Patricia

Donetsk is probably located on the shore of some "reef" lagoon. Bohnenka, no need to tell tales. This is only possible if someone is selling their reef next door.

Emily

1. Such a stone, at a minimum, should be transported in individual packaging with water (if we are talking about corals) - imagine what its price will be with transportation. 2. +100 3. See point 1.

Leonard

I went home, let's behave nicely. I'll check tomorrow. Take care of things, everyone, goodbye.

Randy

Oh, I remembered, there was definitely one zoanthus, and a few types of "grass." Regarding the cooling down, last year we ordered a box of stones, which were sent by Autolux. It was -10 outside, and we measured the temperature in the box at +7 at home. We sighed, rinsed them in a basin. During the rinsing, a bunch of them fell out. We put the stones in the aquarium. After half an hour, almost all of them came to life and started moving, and the stones turned out to be quite...

Andrea

There was also such a case - they arrived cold. I thought everything was dead, but after a couple of days, I found a couple of fan-shaped ones. I think the bacteria should have survived too? Is it really that gradual temperature decrease is not so scary?

Randy

+100. Once, I witnessed a courier arriving with a stone from Krasnomorsk. It was -20 outside. And in Baku, it had been sitting for 2 days... But we still put it in a separate aquarium, set up the filtration, and all that... In the morning, we came back, and the water was almost clear; however, there were still plenty of dead organisms like amphipods, etc. This is to say that all of them, the live rocks (J.K.), have what Denis called "internal biological strength."

Todd

I salted the stones from the same "bowl" the day before yesterday. Sorry for the quality, the photo is from my phone, but I am very pleased with the quality of the stones as "premium," even though many stones have passed through my hands as well.

Melinda

Well, I didn't get the stones from iRife, but I know what their stones are like. For example, I didn't praise them. I'm just saying that the stone is quite acceptable for the "PREMIUM" category.

Amy

It's a pity the topic was deleted. It had a 1:1 match with what I wrote here. And that was long before your deal with AiRif. So don't twist things. Moreover, it seems as if I told you that J.K. (living stones) should be coated with pastes like a cake with cream. Don't misrepresent.

Julie

No, D. Fyodor is not selling, but showing what they should be like, premium L.R. (live rocks). How they should look. Maybe I don't understand something, but I understand that it is precisely the premium L.R. (live rocks) that should be like this. Which is not always the case. Here is a photo of premium L.R. (live rocks) and the drying of rubble, which will go as D.R.R. (dry reef rocks) for sale. P.S. "Pure white, it hurts the eyes." Read about L.R. (live rocks) and D.R.R. (dry reef rocks). Maybe it will give someone some hints.

Michele

Live rocks are simply the skeletons of dead coral, taken out of the water and quickly placed in an aquarium. I have seen many beautiful acroporas growing on pieces of iron pipes, ordinary nylon ropes, and plastic floats that hold the lines. Near each of these floats, about the size of a 3-liter aquarium, lives a surgeonfish measuring 25-30 cm, which guards the float and charges at you if you start to touch it.

Curtis

Out of respect for age, I will slightly remind you when I came for some water and we went outside, talking over a cigarette about shrimp, various nasties that might crawl out, and about overgrowth, the list of fish that corresponds to my volume and their sizes. Spetanych, and for the "humpback," you might get a warning from the moderator for nonsense; I sat under a ban for two days for nothing. And the topic of Pashka already had a snack back then.

Richard

Yeah, I talked about this... You can't allow this in the aquarium...

Andrew

Respect to another wise quote from a neutral person, as people are becoming increasingly zombified and speak in black and white. I have a feeling that the 25th frame from the Ireef company is slipping through on Kyiv television.

James

This can happen if stones are chopped in a lagoon without fish. I'm sure that if a shrimp is thrown into the sea, a hundred or so fish will rush to that spot at the splash, and the shrimp will be eaten in the first 2-3 seconds, after which a school of different fish will circle under that spot for about 5 minutes, waiting for "a piece of cheese from the crow." And the crunching sound in the water from the fish teeth gnawing off all the growths from the stones is quite something. No one feeds them in the sea. So they eat everything that grows on the stones overnight. I'm saying that the most lifeless stone from the sea can be as bare as a drum.

Julia

But it doesn't come from the flow of the current or pop out of the foam; it can be forgotten - it can sit in the S.R.K. (dry reef stones).

William

They stop breathing when the tube worms that burrow into the Carolina layers completely disappear from the aquarium. But a well-established aquarium without Carolina is like a sprinter without a leg.

Matthew

Everything is correct. Carolina is a calcareous algae that envelops the stone with a dense covering. Therefore, the thesis "there should be a lot of good" does not apply here. Everything should be in moderation.

Katie

It just made me smile. What do tube worms have to do with it? As my commander used to say, "Cadet, learn the basics."

Erin

I am curious if photos of aquariums that are over three years old will show pale reefs and no growths.

Laurie

Several surgeons, a couple of hedgehogs, a helmon, bright light... Neither Carolina nor worms, etc. And if SPS smells strongly of Carolina...

Tammy

Surgeons, will Helmon eat Carolina? Where there is SPS and calcium magnesium, Carolina grows well unless there is strong direct light from the MH.

Angel

Hedgehogs eat like that, that's true.

Elijah

I have Carolina growing only in shaded areas under T5s, although both calcium and magnesium are normal.

Monique

Wow, what is that next to your cup? (first post) A medical aid or an Egyptian souvenir... a joke. I had stones myself, not great, but nothing serious, everything grew back and got better...

Michelle

Helmon, by the way, was in the aquarium for six months. I couldn't remove some interesting worms and mentally buried them. It's okay, as soon as Helmon was gone, they reappeared in the same spots within a week. Aiptasia also popped up a bit. He doesn't eat everything; he mostly just intimidates.

Adrienne

Off-topic This is a roller skate. Covered with coral skeletons and Carolina. What again calls out that the stone is from the sea. But seriously, I specifically chose a couple of such J.K. (living stones) for myself when I started - as supports. You can drill a bunch of holes for rods in them and build (almost) any weight composition.

Jacqueline

they should cost about 12 bucks... although maybe everything is more expensive now...

Lindsey

Maybe it's off-topic, but still, "Carolina" or "Coraline"?

David

Yes, it's S.R.C. (dry reef rocks) that are sold at that price. I use L.K. (live rocks) for everything, both for the substrate and for the composition. I placed a couple of S.R.C. (dry reef rocks) in the "hill," but only temporarily, to raise the corals closer to the light.

Laura

Coralline

Adrienne

Did they really break away from the stones and float away?

Wesley

Here is a photo of selected S.R.K. (dry reef rocks) for $56.12, but it just doesn't work out. And please, read my initial posts carefully: THERE WAS A REQUEST TO SEND TO THE TOP OF THE REEF, NOT TO THE BASE, NOT TO THE MIDDLE, and I DO NOT INTEND to set up construction with pins, screws, etc. I already had quite a bit removed to fit five blocks in addition to that dinosaur bone. If I can, I will post a photo of the chisel I used to try to break that monolith. We are having a bite among ourselves, while the guys from Ireefa, who started this mess, are sitting around joking, dancing the lezginka, and taking notes of praises directed at them.

Diana

The lion's share of the cost of the stone is the cost of transportation, and we pay this money to deliver the stones to aquariums as quickly and with the least losses as possible. If there is a complete die-off of all aerobes, then the money spent is in vain, and one might as well use S.R.K. (dry reef rocks) that arrived by sea in a container. However, to be fair, I want to say that in the same batch there were boxes with excellent live stock and completely suffocated ones, with dead worms, amies, and the smell of hydrogen sulfide.

James

Sanya, choose your words carefully; we are not "spreading rumors," but introducing a newcomer to the situation. Yes, there are no live rocks covered in all sorts of nonsense. There are only some fragments of them, and even then, sporadically. Live rocks with sitting polyps have different names and prices, and you know that very well. Otherwise, it won't be long before the sale of extensive colonies of zoanthids, discosomas, sarcophytons, etc., for 18 USD starts. They sit on live rocks.

Diana

+1, both the first part and the second part are correct, but "shoe" doesn't qualify as premium. Tolya, don't twist it, I showed what premium is, I think clarity has been provided.

Rachael

Once, during a launch, a seller told me about another one who cuts disco-somas, algae, and throws them on live rocks, which results in premium stones. In general, they have no chance of surviving as live specimens... Of course, it's just competitors slandering each other, but there is some truth to it... As for the topic, here we go again... You were offered to return everything... Why are you provoking IRIF into non-constructive discussions and inflating this topic? What else should they say? Close the shop or kiss you?

Tracey

You need to read everything! The hedgehogs will eat it, they are really quick about it. And the fish eat the growths. In a normal SPS tank, corals consume magnesium...