My new "live rock" Need ID's

[cczarnik]

OK, I've lurked on here for years, finally jumped in big time and started working on a 92 corner a couple of weeks ago. This weekend I went up to KY to pick up a load of LR to stock the tank from a fellow RC'er. I thought I'd be getting some base rock with a few strays-- Well, when I got there I realized I had bought a reef. The rock was there, but so were hundreds of zoos, mushrooms, rics, LPS, SPS, fish, clean up crew, etc... Following are some pics of the haul, apologies in advance, this is the first time I've used photobucket. Help me with ID's too.. I've ended up with so much stuff so fast, I have no idea what some of it's called!

#1 - Here's the tank. Right not it's on the garage floor. yes it's a little full I'm going to move stuff around and stock some other tanks..

#2 Common rics I believe. These are on rocks all over the place, several layers deep.

#3 The smaller leather, fist size, on about a 10lb huge tonga branch. Need a name?

#4 Small frag of zoos.. Need name if anyone has it. Orange centers, brown/dark red outer, black/blue in between. 3 or more other frags like this in there somewhere, various colors.

#5 Common zoos, next to another leather (we'll get to that in a minute..)

#6 Fish - Haven't Identified yet. My daugher named him "Pork Chop"

#7 Unknown SPS- Appeared dead when I got it. Maybe it will come back?

To be continued... Chuck

 

[saltycreefer]

#2-Rhodactis mushroom
#3-Sarcophyton toadstool
#5-Palythoa Polyp
#6 Longnose Hawk

 

[NeveSSL]

Pork Chop is a long nose hawkfish.

I think #2 may be regular mushrooms, but I don't have any rics, so I'm not 100% sure.

Brandon

 

[cczarnik]

Continued...

#8 Unknown species. Could be a sponge of some sort, but it looks hairy, like it has polyps? Sorry for the poor pic...

#9 Uh-oh. I've only seen this one and one more tiny one. He'll get juiced as soon as I get to ebay. (to pick up my "New" 92G on Thr to replace this one- but that's another story.....)

#10 OK I think this is a red BTA, but need help with ID. It's HUGE, about the size of a dinner plate. I'd love for my black clowns to host.. Time will tell....

#11 Another encrusting coral. This one is stony I believe. Help with ID. Also ID the fish, he hangs out in the rock, long and skinny. Kind of eel-like.

#12 Clam #1. About 3 1/2" I think his foot is messed up, hopefully he'll be OK? I stuck him in sand so he doesn't attach to anything before I get the tank scaped. Would love some advice on how to handle these guys. He's direclty under the MH...

#13 Clam #2. He's a good 4+ incher..

#14 What's this fish? Daughter decided this one was a girl and named her Goldilocks...

More coming.......

 

[cczarnik]

Part 3..

#15 I think this is SPS? it's a good fist size pc, no real polyps that I can see though? Is it alive? I'm new to sPS...

#16 The colors of these rics? get pretty interesting on the bottom ones. They flouresce under actinic (which I will have soon)

#17 I thought these were some kind of hairy mushroom, but the guy called them something- I can't remember. They are bright green, have distinct mouths and really flouresce.

#18 Alright, this is a football size sacro, if someone has a more exact species, please share. That heater in the pic is a 250w jager for comparison....

#19 Unknown leather behind the fish. Any ID's?

#20 Common mushroom rock.. Got several of these

http://s268.photobucket.com/albums/jj17/cczarnik/?action=view&current=IMG_3772.jpg

I've had a nano for years, this really is a step function for me. It was quite the find, It was quite a load of LR! Chuck

 

[mamagoose45]

#8 - this looks like a run of the mill yellow sponge to me
#11 - Bicolor Blenny on the fish
#14 - some sort of Anthias, not sure which kind....
#19 - looks like a cabbage leather

 

[gsusfreak]

if you dont mind me asking...but how much for all those goodies!!!

 

[cczarnik]

gsus, He advertised at $3/lb. We didn't weigh anything, but I came out under $500. Jim the guy I picked it up from will be written into my will . He is indeed a great guy. The only downside was the 700 mile day on Sun to pick it up- but I certainly can't complain.....

The price was a good thing because I just got hosed on an "excellent" 92G tank off of ebay that leaks. Waiting on my new one to come from the other ebay now.....

I do owe Angela Short some goodies if there's anything in here she wants- she fixed me up big time after my nano crashed last year. I promised some other folks some pieces too give me a few weeks to see what I have.

Chuck

 

[Angela Short]

I thought that was you getting on here Chuck! Glad to see you posting and not just lurking. You should think about joining and coming to the meeting this month. It should be lots of fun. Oh, I don't need anything but I am super glad your luck turned with this "deal". Very nice score indeed. I read where your bad deal happened . Hope to see you soon at a meet!

 

[gflat65]

10 looks like an RBTA to me, too.
11 looks like a Monti of some sort (cap-ish)
12 and 13 are crocea, I believe. They like hard surfaces (in the rock structure). I had one detach part of its foot and was fine afterward. They will like plenty of light, but will move around a little to find where they want to be.
16 is another Monti (cap-ish)
17 is Ricordia yuma (the tentacle/bubble structure is the tell)
18 pretty sure is some sort of hairy mushroom. There may be another frilly name, but its some sort of hairy mushroom. Maybe a form of Rhodactis indosinensis?