by
Mark McDowell, Ph.D. - [ The Digital Reef ]
Well, that quality company that I found was GulfView Marine Life,
Inc. I was 100% satisfied when I received my shipment via air cargo
at the Cleveland Hopkins International Airport. As soon as I got
home, I opened the box and saw 4 nice prices of live rock (figure 1) with
lots of sponges, algaes, barnacles, hard corals and clams. There
was a bright red sponge on one of the pieces (figure 2) so I knew I was
in for a treat!!! I immediately rinsed off the rock and put 2 pieces
in my main reef tank and the other 2 in my reef #2 and reef #3 tanks.
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After only 1 week in my tanks, the Premium Florida Live Rock has
colored up nicely and is ready for a nice long stay in my aquarium (figures
3 & 4). The best thing about this live rock is that it is 100%
harvested Florida Live Rock that was placed in the The Gulf Of Mexixo years
ago and allowed to thrive.
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Dale, the owner of GulfView Marine Life actually goes out and collects
the rock himself, which is totally amazing to me. He calls himself
he one man show and he is not kidding!!! He sent me pictures of two
5 year old pieces of Live rock he placed in the ocean and one rock has
a 30”+ gorgonian (figure 5) and the other has a humongous sponge grown
on it (figure 6). Gulf-View Marine Life is proof that aquaculturing
works!!!
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My hat goes off to GulfView Marine Life and I highly recommend GulfView for your next live rock purchase.
GulfView Marine Life specializes in Live Rock, Live Sand, Gorgonians,
Coral, Sponges, Snails and Crabs. Their website is located at http://www.gulf-view.com.
The next time you are looking for quality live rock, take a look at GulfView
Marine Life.