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It sounds like Richard has made some progress with the CDN government since I purchased my stuff. That is great news for reefs because I am pretty sure that most of the rock we see for sale in Canada has been plucked from a reef somewhere in the world.

Edit: Hmm...it seems that he is just able to ship his dry rock directly to Canada. Live rock still has to be personally carried across the border and I worry that there may still be problems there.

Even three years ago, cross border shipping wasn't possible so I picked the rock up in Seattle. I'm not sure that bringing it across was legal at the time, but I certainly made no attempt to hide what I was doing. I declared it all and they got their taxes.

I do like my aquacultured TBS rock. If you are going for shape and porosity, then it might not be for you....but if you like critters then you can't find anything fresher. I had some problems with ciranolids that I easily defeated. I had 6 mantis and I'm very disappointed that they did not seem to survive more than 1 year in the main display. The mantis that are likely present in TBS rock are not a threat to fish. Hermit crabs should feel afraid.