advice on local live rock

The cheapest place to buy live rock here is Petc@. and it is like $18 for about a 3 pound piece of fiji cured. Is this worth it? all the other specialty shops like the one I bought the LTA from want like $10-14 per lb. That seems crazy. I just dont know if the petc@ rock is poor quality or not.

There is a store that sells what they call "lace rock" for like $1.99lb it kinda looks like live rock but I'm not sure how it is treated or even what it is. Is this what everyone calls base rock. Is this safe to put in the tank and will it eventually be live rock?

guess thats enought for now, Im sure I will have more later.

 

By the looks of some of the live rock around where i live looks deader than six o clock
really don't trusted maybe your best be be an online store

 

I've never heard of "lace" rock, I bet it's base rock but lets see what others have to say. Try and find some rock from someone tearing down a tank or the cheapest rock you can find... you can nuke it (kill it) and use it for your tank with no worries of it carrying harmful things.

 

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