Live Rock Question

I purchased 150lbs of LR from some dude taking down his tank, and he lived 1 hour from me. I hauled my 2 garbage can (33gal) that I use for w/c. I kept about8 inches of water from a water change in them. Any more water would be too heavy i figured, but the more the better.
I put the rock in them with the lids, (avoid stuff getting inside and water splashing in my Jeep), and traveled home. I filled the cans the rest of the way with salt water with a pump and heater and kept an eye on it. Testing the water for any spikes before I introduced them into my DT. I kept them in there for almost 2 week and never had a spike. Reading were perfect the whole time, so it proved that my method work for the least amount of die-off.
Although I did it in the summer when it was warm. I would think using that method or a heavily soaked towl with w/c water would be ok. But I would "quarratine" it for a bit as so not to cause a mini spike.
Hope this helps and good luck! And remember, we expect pics when your done!

 

Damp towel, newspaper anything to keep the rock moist will be good.

 

OK....I will go with as much water as I can and keep it soaked as best I can without soaking my car.

Can I use fresh RO water that I make for my water changes....with salt of course instead of the tank water?

Do you put a light on it when you kept it out of your tank for a couple of weeks? or just heater with powerhead and cover!?!

 

Update....I spoke with the guy who has the rock....its actually in 5 gallon buckets with wet paper towels on it. Its been like that for 5 days now.

What do I do here?

Should I still get the rock and then re-cure it here in my rubbermaid tubs then put it in my tank?

Or should I just ditch it and keep looking?

He also has a bunch of dead rock in his garage he would throw in the deal....should i take it if i get the other rock? What do i do with that? How do i clean it and then trust its ok to put in my tank?

I really need some more live rock in my tank asap!!!!