Part 2 Arrived, pics of everything

[CzarQwerty]

Christmas in March!
So many gifts, so much cool stuff, I'm still speechless.
If anyone has any doubts about ordering from TBS, stop doubting. Richard provided great service and the quality of the package is so amazing. Well worth it.
Here are the pics!
Sponges

Sponge I assume?

Macro algae on live rock

Black Sponge

Hitchhiking urchin

 

[CzarQwerty]

Look closely under the orange sponge, a pistol shrimp with lots of eggs.

Serpent Star finding a home

Cucumbers

Full tank shot

 

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Right side

Middle

Left side

Can anyone ID this plant?

 

[CzarQwerty]

If anyone has suggestions for better placement or any advice, I'm all ears!

 

[d2mini]

The plant is a mangrove and the leaves should be out of water.
In fact, i hear you are supposed to keep the leaves clean of salt residue too.
I have some in my sump but even the sump is too deep so they float in some foam discs that are used for floral design.

Everything else looks awesome. What's that in the dead center of your tank?

 

[CzarQwerty]

Thanks for the pointer on the mangrove. I'll move that right when I get home.

A few rocks and coral moved from my old tank. The far left is a rock covered with polyps. In the middle of the tank is a coral I got as an unidentified frag. It is some sort of tree coral. It's half closed in the picture because of all the activity in the tank.

 

[liverock]

tunicates

tunicates

Nice job on your tank!

Another tank that makes me smile.....the yellow stuff...is tunicates!

sea ya
Richard TBS:lolspin::lolspin::lolspin:
www.tbsaltwater.com

oh yeah...the shrimp with eggs is a peppermint shrimp.....very pregnant!

and the rock with the macros.....look on the right....a hard coral!

 

[CzarQwerty]

Thanks for all the explanations Richard. Yes, the peppermint shrimp was loaded with eggs too. The pistol shrimp was hitchhiking in a different bag

I was wondering if that yellow stuff might be tunicates. Wow!

I'll look for that hard coral.

Thanks again!

 

[CzarQwerty]

Thought I'd provide some pics after a few weeks...
Everything is doing well. The sponges are growing and coraline algae is starting to cover the rocks. Very happy with the package from TBS!

Purple Sponge growing onto the rock beside it.

Full tank picture

Yellow tunicate moved from on top of the rock to under the overhang.

 

[liverock]

Awesome!

Awesome!

You are doing very well!!

nice sponge growth....good job!

Richard TBS:lolspin::lolspin::lolspin:
www.tbsaltwater.com