[Salmon King]

Live rock is shipped from forein countrys covered in wet newspaper not in water.I would say it/s out of water for quite awhile.The longer it/s out the more die off.When I would pick Live rockI would go by smell myself.I sure saw some nice looking bad smelling rock though.Pretty well all the coralline dies anyway.It will gro back after you put it in your tank.Garf reefs had a good article on how to grow it back fast.I/m sure somebody on canreef would know.