Mr. Fish Stick
New member
Hey Guys,
I just wanted to post about my recent experience with Premium Aquatics. Last week I ordered 12 pounds of Marshall nano and 6 pounds of uncured Marshall. I also ordered 16 pounds of the Florida live sand and a pound of their rock bottom crud (woo this was smelly) among various other items.
Attached is a picture (hopefully) of the rock laid out after I received it on Friday afternoon. I couldn’t be happier about the shape, it’s outstanding.
I don’t know exactly why, but my tank has already completed the cycle in under a week - much faster than I expected. It seems like the combination of the crud in a modified AC110 along with some cheato, the live sand, and the rock itself had a nice jump start of bacteria.
As far as hitchhikers go I am a little disappointed, but as I understand it Marshall has always been a little sparse in that area, and it’s still early. One of the largest rocks, an uncured piece has a large amount of worms, unfortunately all but 1 have died before the rock reached my tank, however a fairly large aiptasia was found on a branch and subsequently flushed.
I have also seen a number of isopods, and have hopefully narrowed them down to a species of Sphaeromatid, which isn’t predatory, and good for the tank. I have also noticed an unusual macro algae that i'm still trying to identify that looks really cool - 3 green fingers coming out of a calcified tube about 1 cm long.
Overall I am very happy, the tank looks amazing. Both Jeremy and Jay have been a great help in answering my 10,000 questions, and Jay even took the time to personally deliver my package to the airport due to incoming shipping delays.
I definitely look forward to ordering from you again within the next week or two.
D
I just wanted to post about my recent experience with Premium Aquatics. Last week I ordered 12 pounds of Marshall nano and 6 pounds of uncured Marshall. I also ordered 16 pounds of the Florida live sand and a pound of their rock bottom crud (woo this was smelly) among various other items.
Attached is a picture (hopefully) of the rock laid out after I received it on Friday afternoon. I couldn’t be happier about the shape, it’s outstanding.
I don’t know exactly why, but my tank has already completed the cycle in under a week - much faster than I expected. It seems like the combination of the crud in a modified AC110 along with some cheato, the live sand, and the rock itself had a nice jump start of bacteria.
As far as hitchhikers go I am a little disappointed, but as I understand it Marshall has always been a little sparse in that area, and it’s still early. One of the largest rocks, an uncured piece has a large amount of worms, unfortunately all but 1 have died before the rock reached my tank, however a fairly large aiptasia was found on a branch and subsequently flushed.
I have also seen a number of isopods, and have hopefully narrowed them down to a species of Sphaeromatid, which isn’t predatory, and good for the tank. I have also noticed an unusual macro algae that i'm still trying to identify that looks really cool - 3 green fingers coming out of a calcified tube about 1 cm long.
Overall I am very happy, the tank looks amazing. Both Jeremy and Jay have been a great help in answering my 10,000 questions, and Jay even took the time to personally deliver my package to the airport due to incoming shipping delays.
I definitely look forward to ordering from you again within the next week or two.
D
