RedSkaNite
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Just got my rock from TBS yesterday. The drive home took over 8 hours, so I was a bit worried. We were on vacation in Tampa, so I just picked it up on the way home. Richard from TBS left it on his driveway on a cart and I just picked it up. He was at the marina, apparently. Dude has a wall made from old liverock in his front yard.
I ordered 10 pounds of sand, 20 pounds of rock, and I paid an extra ten bucks to ensure I got a mantis. He gave me much more than that. I'd guess closer to thirty lbs of rock. He also threw in two (I think) anemones. One is a 'flower anemone', its is the white guy one the upper right part of the tank. The other one, on the upper left, is brown. I haven't figured out what it is yet. The mantis is a fat 3"er whom I haven't seen since I dropped him in there. Hopefully he'll be more social in time.
Hitchhikers I have identified so far: several red and orange sponges, a yellow ball thingy that I think may be a sponge (visible towards the middle of the pic), some white tubes with a tentacle each that I think are tunicates (just visible to the lower right of the flower anemone), several snails that may or may not live because I didn't have time to acclimate the rock they came on properly. There's a very large one that I hope makes it. Lots of little fan worms and such.
I am slightly disappointed because I was hoping for some macro algae and some larger crustaceans, like pistol shrimp or gorilla crabs. I may get lucky yet. I think most people would count this as a bonus, though!
From what I have read I was expecting large, uninteresting, bricks of rock. I was happy to see that wasn't case. The rocks have cool shapes and lots of nooks and crannies. This stuff is a great deal for 5.00 bucks a pound if you don't have to worry about the whole air freight shipping process. If I make a new tank in the future (who am I kidding, it's WHEN I make a new tank in the future) I am going to have to plan another weekend trip to Tampa bay so the family can see the ...beaches? Yeah, beaches!
I ordered 10 pounds of sand, 20 pounds of rock, and I paid an extra ten bucks to ensure I got a mantis. He gave me much more than that. I'd guess closer to thirty lbs of rock. He also threw in two (I think) anemones. One is a 'flower anemone', its is the white guy one the upper right part of the tank. The other one, on the upper left, is brown. I haven't figured out what it is yet. The mantis is a fat 3"er whom I haven't seen since I dropped him in there. Hopefully he'll be more social in time.
Hitchhikers I have identified so far: several red and orange sponges, a yellow ball thingy that I think may be a sponge (visible towards the middle of the pic), some white tubes with a tentacle each that I think are tunicates (just visible to the lower right of the flower anemone), several snails that may or may not live because I didn't have time to acclimate the rock they came on properly. There's a very large one that I hope makes it. Lots of little fan worms and such.
I am slightly disappointed because I was hoping for some macro algae and some larger crustaceans, like pistol shrimp or gorilla crabs. I may get lucky yet. I think most people would count this as a bonus, though!
From what I have read I was expecting large, uninteresting, bricks of rock. I was happy to see that wasn't case. The rocks have cool shapes and lots of nooks and crannies. This stuff is a great deal for 5.00 bucks a pound if you don't have to worry about the whole air freight shipping process. If I make a new tank in the future (who am I kidding, it's WHEN I make a new tank in the future) I am going to have to plan another weekend trip to Tampa bay so the family can see the ...beaches? Yeah, beaches!