Bender
Active Member
Hello everyone,
I wanted to share a poor experience with BRS with their shipment of 100#s of macro dry rock. I ordered this to supplement the little bit I had left over for a 160g SPS dominate build. When ordering, under order comments and under shipping comments, I requested medium and large rocks only, as I already had the small pieces I needed.
First, when the boxes arrived, they didn't even make it into the house before the bottom blew out, leaving rock, Styrofoam peanuts, and rubble/crumbs everywhere (However, kudos for padding the rock).
Secondly, After spending 30 minutes cleaning up the mess, I continued to unbox and weigh them. They were just shy of 99#s (rock only) over three boxes. If you're not going to throw in a couple extra pounds to make up for scale differences, at least make it the complete 100# paid for.
Thirdly, just shy of 5 pounds was rubble (included in the total weight). This includes the break-off and pieces that were just plain tiny.
Fourth, the two largest pieces I got are a measly 9" x 6" x 4" and 7" x 6" x 5". I requested only medium and large. These barely qualify for large. The bulk of the order is medium. I wanted ZERO small rocks; nonetheless, I received more than 15 lbs of them anyway.
Overall I am very unimpressed at the order. The rock itself is nice and porous, as Marco rock should be. I had some big expectations as I needed some large pieces for my design idea and I just did not get what I wanted.
I wanted to share a poor experience with BRS with their shipment of 100#s of macro dry rock. I ordered this to supplement the little bit I had left over for a 160g SPS dominate build. When ordering, under order comments and under shipping comments, I requested medium and large rocks only, as I already had the small pieces I needed.
First, when the boxes arrived, they didn't even make it into the house before the bottom blew out, leaving rock, Styrofoam peanuts, and rubble/crumbs everywhere (However, kudos for padding the rock).
Secondly, After spending 30 minutes cleaning up the mess, I continued to unbox and weigh them. They were just shy of 99#s (rock only) over three boxes. If you're not going to throw in a couple extra pounds to make up for scale differences, at least make it the complete 100# paid for.
Thirdly, just shy of 5 pounds was rubble (included in the total weight). This includes the break-off and pieces that were just plain tiny.
Fourth, the two largest pieces I got are a measly 9" x 6" x 4" and 7" x 6" x 5". I requested only medium and large. These barely qualify for large. The bulk of the order is medium. I wanted ZERO small rocks; nonetheless, I received more than 15 lbs of them anyway.
Overall I am very unimpressed at the order. The rock itself is nice and porous, as Marco rock should be. I had some big expectations as I needed some large pieces for my design idea and I just did not get what I wanted.
