Tampa Bay liverock hitch hikers~pics

coralreefhugr

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We just got our first shipment of live rock but we are really inexperienced. We emailed Richard and asked about the hitch hikers and he said they all work together to make a happy tank, Leave them be unless you see them causing a problem. So we decided to put all the hich hikers in, but a few, and were wondering if we could get some opinionson them.

Whelks~ we have a half dozen of them. Would they eat barnicles/clams?

flatworms~ have a couple of them.good/bad? guessing bad.

Are there any worms we should be concerned about?


The rock was great. It had so much life to it and it was very porous with tons of holes tunnels and caves.We will post some pics as soon as possible. We got five big rocks and they were covered with sponges and had really pretty pink looking coral. Right now we have about 4 buckrts and 2 tubs of hitchhikers we were not sure about so please post opinions. They have either been in the shipping box or buckets since saterday because our salinity wasn't right so they had to stay in our living room till sunday. Please respond quickly so we can get them in the tank if they are good, they have had a hard trip. We also got a lime neon green mantis shrimp 1/2 inch long. We don't want it to die in the bucket before we can give it to the lfs. do we feed it? thank you.
 
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Check out my website for pic's of good/bad guys....only crabs I would keep are the porcelain.....the whelks.....good algae eaters, and if you do suspect problem with them, they are easily removed....

Flatworms...depends on the type...

other worms.....good guys...

stay on top off your ammonia while cycling...that was some KILLER rock I sent you!

Richard TBS
 
in general:

mantis - give him a small pice of raw shrimp - drop it in and he will snap it up fast!

flatworms: hard to say - really hard to id them w/o a picture.

other worms: probably good ones - let them be.

just watch out for gorilla crabs!! get them out as fast as you find them!

and change water often .... the more you do the more that will live thru the cycle.
 
ok well we have this white flat worm thats on our sponge and it moves really slow and you can see where its been these big holes in the sponge. we will try to post pics tomorrow. thanks
 
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