Just arrived last night - I know there's at least one mantis (yay! He won't be staying in there but I'm glad to chase one around and catch it for my fellow labmate that wants one.) I've seen some small crabs that I'm skeptical of, but that's about it for now.
Also found:
- a very tiny green nudibranch, sad that he probably won't survive with all the water fluctuations as the live rock get cycled - if I see him again I'll move him to my other tank.
-a few snails - whelk snails I presume
-caulerpa algae
-mexican caulerpa algae
-miscellaneous algae
-cup corals?
-a lot of what I presume are slimy-looking sponges
-tiny brittle star when I was sifting through the package water
-at least one barnacle that was feeding
-unidentified worms (several types)
-unidentified cucumber (moved to my other tank, photo)
I don't have any photos quite yet because it turns out the cheaper camera I have at my office in the fish collection (yes, my live fish are living in an area that houses hundreds of thousands of dead fish...imagine knowing that as a fish ) works better than the more expensive camera I have back at my place. The new 45G tank is a 'home-aquarium' that will eventually house seahorses, while my two other office tanks belong to 2 frogfishes (in the 20G) and fish/anemones/corals/inverts in the 75G. I'm so impressed with this rock that once it's fully cycled and removed of any unwanted critters, I might move some to the 75G and buy more for the 45G
Hm, sudden thought - who'd win, the frogfish or the mantis? Frogfish are the fastest fish when it comes to eating...but that mantis is pretty scary 
I guess whoever struck first, heh... But no worries, the mantis is going to his own tank once he's been captured.
Also found:
- a very tiny green nudibranch, sad that he probably won't survive with all the water fluctuations as the live rock get cycled - if I see him again I'll move him to my other tank.
-a few snails - whelk snails I presume
-caulerpa algae
-mexican caulerpa algae
-miscellaneous algae
-cup corals?
-a lot of what I presume are slimy-looking sponges
-tiny brittle star when I was sifting through the package water
-at least one barnacle that was feeding
-unidentified worms (several types)
-unidentified cucumber (moved to my other tank, photo)
I don't have any photos quite yet because it turns out the cheaper camera I have at my office in the fish collection (yes, my live fish are living in an area that houses hundreds of thousands of dead fish...imagine knowing that as a fish
) works better than the more expensive camera I have back at my place. The new 45G tank is a 'home-aquarium' that will eventually house seahorses, while my two other office tanks belong to 2 frogfishes (in the 20G) and fish/anemones/corals/inverts in the 75G. I'm so impressed with this rock that once it's fully cycled and removed of any unwanted critters, I might move some to the 75G and buy more for the 45G Hm, sudden thought - who'd win, the frogfish or the mantis?
Frogfish are the fastest fish when it comes to eating...but that mantis is pretty scary I guess whoever struck first, heh... But no worries, the mantis is going to his own tank once he's been captured.
I should get something extra special for having to wait, right Rich? 
