live water? never heard of it to be honest. I used 0 tds ro/di water. The rock I bought was ~30# of tonga kaleini. The sand was 20# agraalive sugar-fine (in the display). and 20# of agraalive (the next size up from sugar)... this is in the fuge.

The rock I bought had been curing for about 3 months according to my LFS guy (who I trust)... these guys aren't just in it to make money...

I dropped a large cocktail shrimp in on 2/9... it was entirely gone on 2/18.

What else do ya wanna know? btw... you can see my tank progress thread in the DIY forums called" "I'm All Wet!!!!"