Wow...

[AlexS95]

So I met the talented man of Tampa Bay Saltwater today, and got 20lbs. of Live Rock, and all I have to say is WOW- this stuff is LIVE! He told me he got some really nice rock picked out for me and he was right. :bounce1:

Just opened the box:

Everything in it:

Right side view:

Left side view:

And a surprise!:

I absolutely am in love with this rock now. :bigeyes: There are tons of these little feather duster looking things everywhere. I just sat in front of the tank for half an hour just watching all of the life. This rock puts all my other tanks to shame.

 

[AlexS95]

Just sat down again, but with a flashlight, and found a Porcelain crab, a Gorilla crab, what might be a red Emerald crab, and am definitely am hearing a Mantis. I can't wait to see what will come out tonite!

 

[liverock]

Nice to shake the paw!

Nice to shake the paw!

Nice to meet you today....makes me happy to see the young reef keepers of the next generation....keep us posted !!!!

Sea ya
Richard TBS:rollface::rollface::rollface:

 

[AlexS95]

I think I have an anemone to, it's just hiding under the rock. -.-

 

[dwculp]

The gorilla crabs are not as bad as most people make them out to be, when they are tiny they are great cleaners, when the get past nickel sized it starts to become a different story.

Just because you hear clicking does not mean you have a mantis, other things, especially pistol shrimp make clicking noises inside the rock. If you have a mantis you will know soon enough as they tend to be pretty brave and roam out in the open.

Nice rock by the way!

 

[AlexS95]

I had to get a Gorilla crab out of one of my other tanks because he kept killing my Clean Up Crew, and it wasn't fun... It might be a Pistol, but I have a dedicated tank for a Mantis just a few feet away, and it sounds pretty similar. I don't how much of a different sound the two makes.

The whole car ride home, there wasn't any noise from the box. As I was unpacking it, still nothing. The second I put the rock in the tank and step back to look at it, I hear him. :headwallblue:

 

[Jlobo]

Wow! I can't wait to place my TBS order!

 

[AlexS95]

Go for it! It's worth every penny and you won't be disappointed. :inlove:

 

[AlexS95]

I went hunting tonight with nothing but a flashlight and a feeding stick with a piece of krill looking for the mantis or any other hitch hikers. Every time I went looking on one side, I'd hear popping from the other side. :headwallblue: I swear their screwing with me. :hmm3:

 

[jdegrasse]

My bet would be pistol. They are just as loud as the Mantis. In my rock I had about 6 pistols and 2 mantis shrimps. The mantis were easy to spot because they were pretty curious and poked their heads out a lot.

If food won't bring them out, then they are prolly pistol shrimps.

 

[AlexS95]

That's what I'm starting to think.

 

[AlexS95]

I caught two crabs in the tank today. One was extremely small and looked like a baby gorilla so I out him in the sumo of another tank. But, the other one I caught was a bit bigger and I decided to release him back in the tank, after I got a few pictures. Now that I know where it's den is it shouldn't be to hard if I have to take him out later.

This one looks like the ruby Emerald crab I saw a few days ago.

 

[AlexS95]

I found a really small pistol shrimp (about 1/4"...), it has a blue head with an orange claw. No way I could ever get him out...

 

[J2T]

That is some gorgeous rock...I think I might have to convince my wife we need more rock for our tank. TBS rock makes mine look sad. ha

 

[jdegrasse]

It would be extremely difficult to pull them out. You get used to the constant noise and they don't do any harm, rather they eat detritus and stuff.

That crab on your hand -- he gets big really fast -- and mean. Those red eyes mark the devil They sit on the gorgs and pull out the polyps for a meal with those pointy claws.

 

[jdegrasse]

BTW you have a lot of nice sponge on the rock. Consider carbon dosing. It will entice pelagic bacteria to grow, which not only absorbs nitrate and phosphate, but your sponges will dine off the bacteria and continue to grow.

 

[AlexS95]

Isn't there where you pour vodka in the tank? I can't do that.... Only 16 yrs old. :crazy1:

 

[Raggamuffin]

hmmm wonder if you could talk your mom into it "Hey mom can ya go get me a 5th of vodka? Seriously it is for my fish!"

 

[AlexS95]

Yea, I bet she'd love that...

 

[jdegrasse]

Heh heh. Lol

You can use vinegar too.