New live rock lots of hitch hikers

[Rusty Shackleford]

Where'd you get your rock from?

Gulfliverock.com

 

[Wiz]

I would love the eunice

 

[Rusty Shackleford]

Well all the rock is in 20 gallon breeder with a protein skimmer for now, so far ammonia isnt that high . Im going to watch it for a couple of weeks until im confident I'd put it in my actual tank. Other then that i removed 4 bristle worms from the rock. One did manage to escape into the pores of the rock but more or less I know there might be more.

 

[Rusty Shackleford]

(Some more pics from last night)

Found 2 of these that didn't make it as well.

 

[Rusty Shackleford]

Some small feather dusters

 

[Roboson]

Man, I hope something managed to survive the trip. That's a lot of dead things.

 

[Rusty Shackleford]

Man, I hope something managed to survive the trip. That's a lot of dead things.

Seems to be like all the stuff you don't want is what survives.

 

[Rusty Shackleford]

Any idea what this red tumor looking thing can be?

 

[stevo01]

Any idea what this red tumor looking thing can be?

Looks like a sponge. Is it soft?

 

[saltyfilmfolks]

you might want to consider bristle worm traps and fish traps etc while its in the bin. you should hear the shrimps soon.

 

[Rusty Shackleford]

Finding more and more as I look

 

[Rusty Shackleford]

 

[stevo01]

That is halimeda macro algae.

From live aquaria

"The Halimeda plant is a green calcareous macroalgae found within tropical oceans worldwide, and is a beautiful decorative plant for a marine aquarium. The irregular oval segments of Halimeda appear as several small green coins glued from end-to-end, forming a chain. For this reason, Halimeda may also be called the Money Plant. Calcareous algae deposit calcium carbonate in their tissues, and require a sufficient calcium level in the aquarium in order to thrive.

Halimeda are generally hardy in a marine aquarium, and few fish will feed on it. It is not an invasive plant that will cause harm to close neighboring corals or invertebrates. In addition to light, it requires a sufficient level of calcium to grow. They are not as tolerant of high nitrate or phosphate levels compared to some other algae. They also do not tolerate extensive pruning."

 

[Roboson]

The blue thing appears to be a rose coral. Very good find, I'd love to get one of those someday, but they mostly come in as hitchhikers as far as I can tell.

 

[Jd120988]

I've got an order of live rock rolling in this week from gulfliverock.com as well, I hope I don't receive no darn bobbit worms.

 

[Rusty Shackleford]

The blue thing appears to be a rose coral. Very good find, I'd love to get one of those someday, but they mostly come in as hitchhikers as far as I can tell.

Ive been looking around to see what it is! I'll look into your suggestion, thanks

 

[Rusty Shackleford]

I've got an order of live rock rolling in this week from gulfliverock.com as well, I hope I don't receive no darn bobbit worms.

I only found 2 of what people described to be bobbit worms and they weren't on the rock itself, they were towards the bottom of the bag were things fall off and collect, but haven't seen anymore. The rock is heavily encrusted with stuff, way better than just buying rock from my lfs for around the same price.

 

[saltyfilmfolks]

I've got an order of live rock rolling in this week from gulfliverock.com as well, I hope I don't receive no darn bobbit worms.

don't worry. we have a friend here who'll take off your hands

 

[Nano Reef Q]

Does gulf ship their rocks in bags of water at all - enough to cover rock? I know its weighted extra to do so- but yeah man you lost alot of inverts.
Have fun exploring-even 3 months later I started finding things crawling out in middle of night I didn't know I had. Now once in awhile on my midnite bathroom runs I purposely turn on a flashlight to see what else I can spot!
I had one hue-oooooooge bristle worm-stores should make life size versions of these for your Yard at Halloween-they are creepy

 

[twilliard]

Exactly what I am looking for! The stuff people don't want.
Do these guys ship overnight?