[Seamore]

I'm w/Doug, Great deals are only great if you need the item, unless the rock you have is very dense (not porous enough to house ample bacteria for bio-filtration) or you want to scape the tank some more or you plan on upgrading within the next year to a larger tank, it would be overkill. If you want to take advantage of the deal and you have some Christmas money burning a hole in your pocket. then cook in a trash can and enjoy. Remember it's not the quantity of the rock it's the quality and sometimes more rock is simply more rock you don't need. Fish need room to swim, coral need room to grow and the more rock you have the less water volume you have for these. Good luck

 

[Seamore]

Understood, but how much live rock do you need to seed a garbage can full of "non-live" cheep cooked base rock? Not much! Hording is a factor contributing to the end of the supply and why there is cultured live rock available. Buy more if you "need" it to rockscape your tank for the look you want, 200 lbs in a 220G tank is enough for all your bio-filtration (assuming quality porous rock was used). Cycle it in a can before adding it to your existing set up to minimize the odds of setting off a cycle in the 220G. Add 5-10 lbs increments over time to further minimize the effect and as before enjoy! Depending on your light(s) (pics as Aquawolf said and more info would help) you may need to add rock for SPS placement, or if you have sufficient light simply let the SPS grow to the brim. Corals will fill the space given proper care and time, look better than most rock and by the way the are in a fact fuzzy live rocks too. Good luck.

 

[Seamore]

This may sound funny but smell the rock, if it smells like a clean beach it's probably ready, if it smells... well you know the rest... A word of caution, is there any hair algae in the LFS systems? If so it may indicate high TDS in their RO water and after "months" in their holding tank the rock could have a lot of absorbed phosphates in it (you will want to cook). If not buy the rock now on sale, have the LFS tag yours (zip-ties work well) and have them hold it and add it incrementally over three weeks with weekly WC to reduce the odds of kicking off a cycle. You'll have all the rock in two more weeks and little chance of disrupting your tank. Good luck