If you want smaller pieces a hammer does the trick :biggrin:

What's that? Don't have a hammer you say? Well then, just pick it up over your head and drop it in your driveway!! :razz:

Oh you must have stayed up all night to think that one up :mrgreen:

Steve

I don't want to slate anyones rock (hahaha), but I don't know if I'd want to spend the money for "premium rock". My Kanai rock came with piles of stuff on it, lots of coraline (which is spreading very quickly), and large and interesting shapes, including a piece with three holes on different sides of it that meet in the middle of the rock to form tunnels. I haven't seen any rock anywhere that I thought was truly "premium" compared to the Kanai stuff.

Bite your tongue. . ... I keep on having this vague recurring thought about accidently taking a hammer to my glittering tank. Along the same lines as this recurring thought about chopping up my hands or feet in the lawn mower. I have no clue why I keep on having these thought. I sure as heck hope it's not premonitions.

Well, I hope you're right. I've had an order with J & L for the last month or so. They keep on telling me their shipment got "bumped". I haven't a clue how that can be even though they tried to explain it to me yesterday. Something about the airline priority as passesngers, luggage, air mail, and only then cargo. They tell me the few flights are full with luggage. It just gives me the image of "my" Kanai rock sitting in boxes in a warehouse and not getting loaded each time their shipment gets "bumped". In fact, I'm going to write them an email right now to ask if that is what's happening.

The bigger the MO outfit, the longer the list of excuses for shipments getting bumped. It happens time and again, seen it with all of the companies as they've sprouted up from nothing and grown into huge mainstream places (and then into obscurity/memories, for some of them). The problem is that they've just gotten too popular. The reality is you can get cargo onto just about any plane you want .... but at a cost. If you want to keep your product at a price people are willing to pay then I guess you're at the mercy of the airlines (who make it a business goal to treat their customers badly) to tell you that they have some extra space available for your cargo now. So .. yes, it is plausible the shipment gets bumped and bumped and bumped if it is large enough (or often enough) to be a logistical challenge for the airlines. Hopefully it doesn't sit on the tarmac in between in each time though!

I just sent that email. Let's see what their explanation is.

Personally I'd like to know exactly where the Kanai rock comes from. J&L told me it was from an island near the Marshalls but there's no island called Kanai that I can tell. I'm wondering if it's Marshall rock under a different name. Either way, I am sure that once you finally get your rock, you will be pleased (and I can't believe you're putting 250lbs of rock in a 100 gallon tank).

Well I'll tell you, when I first got my rock it was Fiji and it certainly didn't look like the description on the J&L website. It looked like it had been hacked off the side of a mountain and water was thrown on it. I wanted smaller pieces too but they didn't have any and Allen suggested the hammer and chisel method which was fine with me. When I got it the pieces were huge and I just stuck them in the tank since they had been out of water over night. I figured I would just deal with them after they had cycled. After the sand cloud disappeared I found I kinda liked the bigger pieces and even the way I had set them in the tank worked for me. About 2 weeks later I couldn't believe the stuff that was cropping up on the rocks. There was coralline everywhere and all sorts of stuff that sent me heading to hitchhiker FAQ sites on the net. I don't know if they say this stuff is Premium, Ultra Premium or whatever but it was some of the best rock I have seen in the few stores I have been in and I am totally happy with it.

Christy :)