I need about 20lbs of rock, how will it be separated? Will it be separated in a separate box? or...??

No problem dropping the Calgary stuff here. I can make room in the garage. I'm up in Country Hills in the NW which makes the drop off easy. Its only five minutes off Deerfoot.

Well it's a far drive but It's worth it if I can get the salt for $50 a bucket! :biggrin:

Like everything else this is becoming a bit complicated. I thought Ross was involved in the dropoff somehow. He told me he would drop the salt off at my place. Now we are talking BMW, I am getting confused. :confused:

Anything between you and Ross was just between you and Ross. We thought about using EmilyB's place for awhile but my truck wouldnt fit in her garage, so its now moving over to BMWRiders. Only changed plans once

The rock has been another matter entirely...

Each box will be loaded with its 65lbs. if your not taking a full box, then we'll just grab whatever box is at the top, you grab whatever to make your ordered weight. Dont want anybody picking through boxes getting choice peices.

oh yeah, anybody got a scale or somethin?

BTW

I'm planning for loading up at J&L saturday October 30th, and arriving in Calgary somewhere between 7-9pm that night

We can then meet up at BMW's place to part out the orders, and depending what time we finish, i may just head back to edmonton that night

Ed, hows this work for you?

Ross, fine by you as well? bring the mysis when you pickup your part and save another meeting the next day

let me know if a saturday night pickup is a problem for anybody, but this would work best for me

Thanks All

I would be willing to take a box if someone will half it with me.

and...i need Keith (Fishsticks?) to contact me please. Need to hear from you before i leave otherwise its staying on the dock

Hi, Josh. Just wondering if you have made the Vancouver run yet. We have just decided to re-rock our tank and are looking for about 6 boxes of live rock. If we can get the order (or even some of it) on your truck, that would be great.
Anne

Anne...the run isnt until the end of the month so theres still time

We only have room for about 8 boxes total in the cab, and we're at 6 now. if you want to call and order in for those last two, your more than welcome to

I was thinking the same thing, so if you"d like I'd split a box with you :biggrin:

That should work out okay. I am not working that day or the next, so no problem if it runs into the later hours. I will plan to be home the 31st for any who can't make it on the Saturday.

This could even become a trick-or-drink party :lol:

Hi, Josh,
I have emailed you to say that I have ordered 2 boxes of J&L live rock for pickup on Oct. 30--but I can't confirm anywhere on the website that I have sent the private email. Could you please let me know if I need to send it to you again?
Anne

Ed, you read my mind. might be overnighting after all :cool:

Anne, Andestang, & Impreza - im going to stop by the store tonight and see if i can get some rubbermaid storage containers to stack up in the back seat. since all the rock is riding in a heated cab ill just be wasting space using J&L's insulated boxes.

Anne, i think i can bring back a little more for you to save shipping on the extra boxes

Andestang & Impreza, let me know by sat/sunday if you guys want to split. by then ill know how much LR i can carry. If you dont go in we can make up the rest with Anne's extra

and BTW, we are now maxed out for salt at 18 pails. dont want to stack them. So anybody thats in as of this posting, thats it :eek:

and now it looks like we made our 3.99....again :rolleyes:

Did I get counted for one or two pails?
:biggrin:

Sounds good to me! Check pm!

PM answered :cool:

Jonathan and I are going to split a box and I called it in to J&L, so if thats OK its appreciated :mrgreen:

Sounds good :mrgreen:

we are now maxed for salt and rock. My truck is going to be piled high, so whatever we have as of now is all thats going to be coming back

Thanks for the contributions everybody, see you all in 2 weeks

Anne, would you mind giving me a call when you read this? i dont have your contact info

Josh

Ok, heres the final list...

Calgary:
Bob Ipema - 1 x 200g kent salt
Deb Hadford - 80lbs figi, 2 x 200g kent salt, 1 x aragamax select
Ed Miller - 25lbs figi, 2 x 200g kent salt
Ross B - 2 x 200g kent salt, 1 x 160g IO, 12 x 10oz box of chemi pure, 1 x 150w visitherm Jon Vogt - 2 x 200g kent salt
Anne Walker - 130lbs figi+, 2 x 200g kent salt
Mike Anderson - 65lbs figi

This is the list i have directly from J&L. once again, any discrepancies or problems, call me or pm me and ill make the changes

J&L also contacted me this morning. There seems to be a snafu with their primary figi supplier, and getting permission to bring the rock in. If their primary source cannot come through, Jeff has assured me they have a secondary supplier that can have the rock for our order in its entirity at J&L on November 1st, a monday.

Now this brings up a question for pickups. hoever this may be more affected by the calgary orders since we wont be arriving there until a late hour, and i dont want people running around with rock late at night when they gotta be up at work or with kids at 6am.

So for everybody involved in Calgary. Does anyone have a problem with this moving back by one week, to make the calgary pickup the evening of november 6th, saturday. instead of a monday/tuesday night pickup.

fine with me but i'm not on the list :confused:

I don't see any problems. :biggrin:

Jon, had you on the edmonton list for some reason

list is updated. 2 x 200g kents right?

Yes that's correct. :biggrin:

The 6th should still work for me. My garage will still be available as an unloading/holding point if needed.

Nov. 6th should be fine for us. Thanks.
Anne

Yes, 6th works !

Ok...here it goes...

The order and pickup dates are now final

The original supplier has come through, so the rock will be arriving at J&L on the 29th, we will be picking it up the morning of saturday oct 30th

Calgary pickups will be outta BMWRiders garage after approx 8-9pm on Oct 30th.

Edmonton Pickups will be at my place anytime after Noon on sunday October 31st

Please contact your respective pickup points for address and directions :)

For anyone picking up rock, you will need to bring your own containers with you for taking it home.

We are also going to need either a home weight scale or anything else for weighing out everybodies order, at both the Edmonton & Calgary drops, since all the rock is coming back with about 100-120lbs per container.

any questions, as always, call me at 780-953-5311

see everybody in a week

containers for curing LR
 

Anticipating the delivery of live rock next weekend, I want to clean out some old garbage bins for curing it. What is the best cleaning solution to use?
Also, how much LR can be cured in an average sized garbage bin?
What about filtration while it is in the bins?

Well, if the bins are just dirty, use Vinegar and water. Just rinse it out well afterwards to get all the vinegar out.

When curing the live rock, just make sure you have a powerhead or two in there to create flow and break up the surface of the water. That's all you need basically.

Anne, I wouldn't use old garbage bins. There could be contaminants in there.

Get a couple rubbermaid storage containers.

I would use a heater as well. More of the crawly things will survive.

Just got a call from Josh. He's pick up all the rock and salt!

Everything should go as planned. Pickup for Calgary should be on the evening of Oct 30 (Saturday). He does need someone to bring a scale to the pickup point to weight the rock though. So if you can go early and bring a scale, please do.

If you have any questions/concerns, please call Josh on his cell at: 780-953-5311.

I don't have a scale. Someone should post if they have one pleaee?

I have a bathroom scale here. Not sure how accurate it is though. If someone has a better one, please bring it along.

One final update:

I just spoke to Josh, he's leaving Vancouver right now (12:30PM AB time), so he should be in Calgary at about 9 or so?

A couple of notes:

Ann (I believe that was the name) - Josh was only able to get 97lbs of your rock since they had to lighten the load so they wouldn't crush the rocks on the bottom of the pile.

Also, I believe someone either in Calgary or Edmonton, has ordered 2 Maxi-Jet 400, but they only had one available. As a result, Josh will bring one back with him today and JL's will ship the other to you free of charge.

If you have any questions/concerns, please call Josh on his cell.

Thanks.

Is he flying :question: , Vancouver to Calgary in 8.5 hours :question: It used to take me 14. :eek:

Yea no kidding! He's gotta do 140kph to get here.

Wow... no doubt. That's fast. I drive fast and it takes me 6 or so hours just to get from Calgary to Kelowna.

Can someone pm me Ed's (BMW's) phone number?


Got it, thanks Alan. :biggrin:

Hear ye hear ye,

Well, it looks like Josh has hit a spot of traffic, so his ETA has been pushed back one hour (to 10pm).

I'll let you guys know if there are any more developments.