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Originally posted by hunter81
I'll have to admit never been to soutas. But Seahourse in NE portland has the best LR and for the best price 4.90/lb and the LR I got from Woody was cured the best and has the best growth.
Just be prepaired to self serve if Woody isn't around. (woody's the owner of the shop) The other guys arn't really that helpful...also you have to brave NE Portland and their streets 
Advanced in Salem, but Ryan want's 6$/lb a bit high for me but also very good LR.
I would stay away from online...alot disagree with me but I like to see what I buy.
Ps...their used to be a post of alot of peoples experience of LFS around Oregon / South Washington area. It's a good insight and heads up on some of the shops around town and whom to buy from and whom to stay away from. Well worth reading it.
Their is also a place out of Albany that would be closer to you but I can't remember the shops name.
-Kevin
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i am steering clear of Woody's rock until he stops keeping it outside in unheated water.
if "best cured" means 'most dead' then i believe Kevin is spot on.
Woody's rock was probably below 50 degrees when i looked at it last january and it looked completely barren of life. when i asked about the rock inside the shop i was told it had just been moved from outside.
i am becoming convinced that Soutas has the best livestock in town presently.
i used to think Waves was where it was at, but lately i have seen less and less there that interests me.
Rick always has interesting things that i don't see often and if you want big show sized peices of rock his shop is the one to visit.
Upscales is cheaper (as cheap as Woody's with the discount) for what appears to be a comparable product but Soutas does have a larger selection to choose from.
i bought rock recently and collected it from a few different sources all being local. i waited until upscales had new arrival rock and went in and bought some foul smelling fiji. if you buy over twenty pounds there is a discount that rivals any online price. it is a tad more (pennies, really) than you would pay at the cheapest online stores but you get to hand pick the stuff so i am happier that way.
i then waited until his next shipment and bought another twenty+ batch, and soon after topped it off with Waves marshall island rock that was really fresh off the plane and funky too.
it takes some additional time to establish some order within your water parameters, but in my opinion, "cured" does mean 'partially dead'. i think it has to be better to buy as much life as possible (AKA "uncured") and deal with the additional die-off then to buy something that has already suffered atransit and one brutal water conditioning and then has to suffer another transit and water conditioning to meet it's final resting place.
well, that was lengthy!
