TBS Diving update

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DiazE

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Liverock - Richard

How is the weather for liverock diving? What's the coordinates of the location?

Is there any specific place on the web where I get get info on the weather conditions. I've read on RC that the critters are bountiful in the rocks either before or after a storm.

Would appreciate an update on your next rock shipments; not that I'am rushing you, just anxious.

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The weather in the gulf is quite cold and too windy to dive. Just be patient. I am also Richard said he will email all of us waiting for rock. :)
 
scowiii

Thanks for the heads up! You must have been waiting longer than me; I ordered this past tuesday.
 
not good!

not good!

SMALL CRAFT EXERCISE CAUTION IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM EDT THIS
MORNING THROUGH LATE TONIGHT
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
MONDAY MORNING


TODAY
SOUTH WINDS INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 KNOTS. SEAS 3 TO 5
FEET. BAY AND INLAND WATERS CHOPPY.

TONIGHT
SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 20 KNOTS. SEAS 4 TO 6 FEET. BAY
AND INLAND WATERS ROUGH. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY MAINLY
AFTER MIDNIGHT.

SUNDAY
WEST WINDS 20 TO 25 KNOTS. SEAS 5 TO 8 FEET. BAY AND
INLAND WATERS ROUGH. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY IN THE
MORNING.

SUNDAY NIGHT
NORTH WINDS 20 TO 25 KNOTS DIMINISHING TO AROUND
15 KNOTS AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 4 TO 7 FEET. BAY AND INLAND WATERS
CHOPPY.

MONDAY
NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS. SEAS 3 TO 5 FEET. BAY
AND INLAND WATERS A MODERATE CHOP.

MONDAY NIGHT
NORTH WINDS AROUND 10 KNOTS. SEAS 2 TO 3 FEET.
BAY AND INLAND WATERS A LIGHT CHOP.

TUESDAY
NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 KNOTS. SEAS 2 FEET. BAY AND
INLAND WATERS A LIGHT CHOP.

WEDNESDAY
SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 10 KNOTS BECOMING NORTHWEST
AROUND 20 KNOTS LATE. SEAS 3 TO 5 FEET. BAY AND INLAND WATERS
CHOPPY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
 
Real rough!

Real rough!

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9723336#post9723336 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by dklaue
Wow, it is amazing that what seems like beautiful weather on land can be a nightmare on the open water.
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Yup

is the way it is....was 3-5 foot yesterday with whitecaps, semi life-threatening....then when I came up from the bottom, it was worse...5-7 foot seas....was a real nightmare going in.......had to putt all the way in as it was so nasty.....is the way it is on the Gulf most of the time......except the dead of summer...but then you have the wonderful lighting storms with it cracking all around you...
is always something!

Richard TBS:rollface: :rollface: :rollface:
 
<<< is the way it is....was 3-5 foot yesterday with whitecaps, semi life-threatening....then when I came up from the bottom, it was worse...5-7 foot seas....was a real nightmare going in.......had to putt all the way in as it was so nasty >>>



That sounds kinda dangerous, be careful out there Richard!
 
Thanks Richard! Rocks are very nice with hole like I ordered, love the big one!

I got my rocks today - they are NICE, and it's only Part 1.
Tank is still cloudy, only found a serpent star, some snails and hermit. I was expecting a lot more critters, maybe in the next shipment. I've seen a lot of members find fish in thier rock. I'll see what pops up tommorrow when things clear.

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no flights!

no flights!

Is a good thing we shipped yesterday, as today we are having severe weather and all the flights are messed up/canceled today...

Richard TBS
 
Yeah, I bet the gulf looks like soup with whipped cream on top about now....


and will be nasty for at least the next day or two.


in the tampa bay area today we have seen:

wind up to 70+ MPH
rain and thunder storms.

around tampa there has been at least 1 tornado.

other reports of "sound of a train" and twister like clouds.

even inside tampa bay there are warinings due to the wind making things a mess....


so don't be surprised if diving is on hold for a few days.
 
Liverock

I made my pick-up on time and just in time before the nasty weather we're having. The rock I have is full of many crevices and holes as ordered. I just have something I want to I.D. and know if it's dead or alive; looks like cup coral.

Here's picture for I.D.
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Here's the layout till 2 Part

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:D :dance:
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9731709#post9731709 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by DiazE
Liverock

I made my pick-up on time and just in time before the nasty weather we're having. The rock I have is full of many crevices and holes as ordered. I just have something I want to I.D. and know if it's dead or alive; looks like cup coral.

Here's picture for I.D.
DSC05333.jpg


Here's the layout till 2 Part

DSC05330.jpg

:D :dance:
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It is semi alive....see the brown centers?

Richard TBS
 
Liverock

I hope I get some corals again in part 2, I lucked out on this one.
Is it cup coral? Will it survive? What should I do to help it?
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9732880#post9732880 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by DiazE
Liverock

I hope I get some corals again in part 2, I lucked out on this one.
Is it cup coral? Will it survive? What should I do to help it?
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they seem to not like strong light; the ones I have seem to do best in low or indrect light.

also they and the solitary cup corals seem to always be hungry.

and lot's of good flow is a +

seems hit or miss some times....

seems like in low light they stay that golden brown color and in too much light they bleach out.
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9728672#post9728672 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by DiazE
Thanks Richard! Rocks are very nice with hole like I ordered, love the big one!

I got my rocks today - they are NICE, and it's only Part 1.
Tank is still cloudy, only found a serpent star, some snails and hermit. I was expecting a lot more critters, maybe in the next shipment. I've seen a lot of members find fish in thier rock. I'll see what pops up tommorrow when things clear.
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My part 1 was almost the same. At first the obvious mobile hitvhhikers were a mantis, 3 small stars, stone crab, isopod, and a cuke.

I have since found a large snail, perhaps a whelk. A couple massive bristelworms. There's something else I've never seen before too. It's kind of round and flat with a shell and it moves around on a rock at night. Also a small Urchin. A couple small crabs.

There is also something that looks like a little blob of spit that sends a long net into the current. These have been popping up and seem to like the high current areas.

Now for the non mobile stuff... Probably a hundred or so sponges. Real nice looking macro, cup corals, worms. I beleive i have a gorgonian too. It looked pretty bad with exposed skeleton from the base until the upper half. It looks like it's recovering though. I think the tissue is expanding back down it.

You'll see all kinds of things pop up over time. The funny part is most of the large hitchikers that you and I didn't get, can all be bought. It's all the smaller stuff attached to the rocks that's much harder to come by.
 
Liverock - Richard

My rock had been in tank since saturday late afternoon. Is it time for the first water change? The Sg= 1.025-26

Also: Can I add new sand on top of the LIVE sand provided or do I need to remove it and place it on top of the new?

I am getting Special Grade Reef (Seaflor brand 1-1.7 mm grain).
 
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