yea bro $8 a lb is too too much I am sure if you look around you will find someone that wants to get rid of there LR because they are either leaving the hobby or are desparate t sell. Just make sure the rock does not have aptaisa or majano which can be deadly to your tank in time. Other than that your tank is looking great and i cant wait to see how it looks with the LR. BTW what kind of filtration are you running you might have stated it but i might have missed it anyway nice tank