OUR FLORIDA AQUA CULTURED "LIVE ROCK" IS HAND PICKED. IT IS LEGALLY HARVESTED AFTER  6 - 16 YEARS. SHIPPED WITH HEAT PACKS OR ICE PACKS AND (WHICH EVER IS NEEDED) WITH ROCK ANEMONES, GLASS ANEMONES, SEA SQUIRTS, MUSSELS, GORGS., SPONGES, STARFISH, TOOTH CORALS AND BRAIN CORALS ALL OF WHICH LIVES. NO NEED TO CURE BECAUSE NOTHING IS "DYING". APPROX. 6 HOURS FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE OCEAN TO THE BOTTOM OF OUR TANKS. APTASIA USUALLY GROWS IN THE PACIFIC, NO APTASIA WHERE OUR ROCK IS GROWN IN THE "GULF", RAPPED IN WET PAPER TOWELS (NO WATER) TO CUT DOWN ON SHIPPING. WE TRY TO REMOVE ALL MANTIS SHRIMP, URCHINS, CLINGING CRABS (NOT REEF SAFE) AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. WE HAVE VISITED OTHER FACILITIES TO WITNES HOW THEIR ROCK HAS BEEN KEPT (IN A WAREHOUSE FOR MONTHS WAITING FOR STORES TO ORDER) OR (ON THE TOP SHELF THEY SPRAY WATER ON EVERY FEW DAYS) AND IS NOT UP TO SEA SAVE'S STANDARDS. OUR DIVER DOES NOT SELL TO OTHER STORES WITHIN 150 MILE RADIUS OF OUR STORE AND WE TRY TO SUPPORT U.S.A. BASED BUSINESSES AS MUCH AS POSIBBLE. WE WILL ORDER IN OTHER ROCK FOR YOUR PICK-UP. 25 - 50lbs. PER BOX AND A 3 BOX MIN. THANK-YOU, SEA SAVE.