Where to buy live rock. SWF.com OR DRSFoster?

I'm brand new to aquariums and am going to start up a FOWLR really soon.

I'm not sure where to get the live rock. I'm looking at

Saltwaterfish.com and its $120 for 20-25 lbs of ULTRA PREMIUM FIJI LIVE ROCK

At Drsfosterandsmith.com, on the other hand, i can get twice as much SELECT PREMIUM FIJI ROCK for the same price.

It says it was pre-cured but to cure it again when you receive.

Then they have another one thats the same but its says that its Fully cured. Whats the difference between the two??

Will I be okay getting the 45 lbs of select premium fiji rock from DRfoster to cycle my tank??

thanks abunch

Where to buy live rock. SWF.com OR DRSFoster?

Dr fosters is good...the quality of their premium is high. the quick answer is that anytime live rock is shipped it must be cured again...Dr fosters cures their precured to remove dead material from the first shipment...this helps in how long the second curing when you recieve then,will take.

Where to buy live rock. SWF.com OR DRSFoster?

I do not know that other sight but smith and foster are really good and reasonable. if you check with your local pet store (not chain store like petco or petsmart) I would think they sell it, find a private owned store...odds are they take better care of what they have. if it is not cured. you have to have a setup with the filter the whole shabange I like to use a baby pool the the rock has to sit in the saltwater in good quality water. cured already has the bacteria on it, rock that has to be cured is not yet alive but capable of it. it has to grow the bacteria.

Where to buy live rock. SWF.com OR DRSFoster?

I actually bought most of my liverock (both cured and uncured) on eBay.

When you buy live rock that's "cured", it's supposed to already be conditioned for use in your tank. The moment the rock is harvested and removed from water and then transported from destination to destination, there is considerable die-off of the organisms originally living on the rock. "Curing" the rock is essentially cycling it so that it arrives to the buyer without being covered in dead or dying organisms, sludge, and slime. You would definitely want this if you were adding it to an established tank so that it wouldn't have a negative impact on the bio-load. In your case, since you're using this to cycle your tank it really won't matter if it's fully cured or not because it will be re-cured in your cycling tank.