How to package live rock for transport home?

[porc]

Hi,

I'm currently starting to buy my live rock piece by piece week by week. The lfs I buy from simply places the LR in a big red plastic bag for my 45min bus ride home. Is this the common practice at other lfs? Is it suitable to leave it out of water for so long? How long can it last before dying? and how else should the rock be packed? Would like to seek your experiences please, just in case i'm doing wrong or if I happen to find nice LR from other places further from home...

Rgds,

porc

[dradttg]

One good way will be to wrap the LR in wet newspaper.

[Golden Tooth]

Yup. But nowadayz, they would juz dump in the red plastics.

[arcanehacker]

Hi,

I'm currently starting to buy my live rock piece by piece week by week. The lfs I buy from simply places the LR in a big red plastic bag for my 45min bus ride home. Is this the common practice at other lfs? Is it suitable to leave it out of water for so long? How long can it last before dying? and how else should the rock be packed? Would like to seek your experiences please, just in case i'm doing wrong or if I happen to find nice LR from other places further from home...

Rgds,

porc

dun worry.. 45mins wouldn't do any harm..

[Tanzy]

They used to put it in foam boxes and cover with wet newspaper but I hate the black ink that runs off.