My TBS Order

[Drachs]

I ordered 80lbs of live rock from TBS and about 100lbs of live sand for a new tank I'm putting together.

I'm very surprised by how many sponges are on the rock I received. Very many of them, not much in the way of tube worms though, which is unfortunate because I like them. No gorgonians or coral that I spotted.

Hitchhikers I found were about 5 pistol shrimp and a donkey dung cucumber. Also some small crabs and brittle stars.

There is a very weird yellow cone shape object as well... Is it a sponge?

Ammonia peaked at .25ppm and is now zero after three days. Nitrite is 0.5ppm today. I added a few hermit crabs to the mix today, and I plan on asking Richard to send me the last 40lbs on monday.

This is a pretty interesting cuke. Is he a filter feeder? He hasn't moved around much.

Very unusual sponge.

A very nice piece of encrusted rock.

Another nice piece

2 Kinda blah pieces

All and all pretty good. I'd like to say the sand was very gross and dingy looking when I got it, but it perked right up and now is very bright and clean looking. Just all silt I guess! Protein skimmer produced half a gallon of skimate the first night, but it's calmed down now and the water is crystal clear. Tank is cycling at a very accelerated rate and I'm sure another week or so will see it good to go.

Thanks for taking care of that communication problem Richard, and I look forward to seeing what you have for me in my second shipment.

David

 

[Spaced Cowboy]

I have the exact same cuke from TBS, and he climbed to the top of the glass (so he's *just* in the water) and has stayed there ever since..

At first I thought he was trying to escape the Ammonia - I had a large spike at the start - but now the water chemistry is fine and he's still stationary. Odd guy...

Simon

 

[Drachs]

Mine is still in the same spot, he climbed on top of a rock and he's been there for a week now. I might try and feed him some phyto and see how he acts.

 

[jsolomito]

I also found the same hitchiker, and mine also has gone up to the waterline and pretty much stayed put. Does anyone know exactly what kind it is and is it desirable? I've read that some can be very toxic to the tank if molested.
Joe

 

[bigpaul2600]

I have the same thing... its been at the top of the glass for months now and has not moved.

 

[liverock]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12466747#post12466747 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by jsolomito
I also found the same hitchiker, and mine also has gone up to the waterline and pretty much stayed put. Does anyone know exactly what kind it is and is it desirable? I've read that some can be very toxic to the tank if molested.
Joe

Only cukes form overseas are toxic...these are benign...