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Originally Posted by Delphinus
Did the rock arrive yet?
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Alright! Finally! It HAS arrived today (Friday) after some UPS delivery issues: They said it was on the truck for delivery yesterday and then noone came! So I went to their distribution center and they said that the package was still in BC! Which, as it turns out was incorrect, as it has just been delivered to me a couple of hours ago.
AND, for some reason, they had the wrong postal code for me on the boxes. <sigh>
So that thing was frustrating! BUT anyway, I'm feeling better now that it's been delivered to me. (A week in transit?! Ouch.)
Ok, here are some pictures:
The first box seems to have made the journey from California alright!
Opened the first box. They seem to always give a free 'gift' so I suppose those two stems of something are it. Don't know what this is though. Ideas? Anyway, the newspaper was still moist although not really covering everything.
The second box seems to have had a rougher journey.
Ok, here's the first look at the second box's contents. I took the newspaper off for this photograph.
I've put all the rock in a plastic bin and am putting water from my aquarium in there.
Here's a closeup of the rock in the bucket. Fair bit of algal growth.
Another close-up!
Yet another close-up. Most of the rock looks like this. And it smells great!
I had to pay about C$68 or so for customs duty. (But with all the costs it still comes to about C$3.75 per pound) I was never asked for a CITES permit. (The shipping company - Ocean Pro Aquatics - may have handled the permits part, or perhaps it was never needed for LR) The rock was in transit through the US and into Western Canada for a week, with four or so hot packs in each box.
Ok.. so can I get some input on this? I'm just going to make sure that everything's submerged in saltwater for now and will be doing some regular water changes. Since my aquarium has no fish in it yet I may just end up putting all the rock into it for cycling. (Will it kill my amphipods, etc.?? Should I wait?)
Looking forward to comments.
