Sitting at the airport waiting to pick up 200lbs of kp aquatics premium live rock how exciting !!!!

[((FORDTECH))]

So as the title says I’m waiting in my truck for 200lbs of kp rock to be unloaded from airplane. I haven’t ordered live rock in 12 years so I’m very excited. I made my decision to go with kp due to all the great reviews on this fourm. All 200lbs are going into my 10 year old 350 gallon system because I feel my bio diversity over time has been drastically lowered and or killed from my neglect of many years of not knowing what I was doing. I’ve set up a separate 80 gallon frag tank that will be completely filled and only used for filtration and bio diversity straight from ocean. I’ve heard this is what tanks with old tank syndrome need to start doing better again. I have tried bottles bacteria with not much success so figured can’t get any better then this.
so with that being said I e set up a 100 gallon horse troff to cure the rock a little beacaue I know there will be some die off and I will have a 40 gallon Breeder plum to it with a motion sensed WebCam that I will be inspecting all the rocks for unwanted hitchhikers before placing into the 80 gallon frag tank in my system. So far all I have is pictures of the empty hundred gallon container waiting for me to come home in a couple hours.

 

[V A R I A N T]

Exciting! Only negative issue I had with KP rock was bubble algae.

 

[Miami Reef]

Great!

KP rocks gave me fireworms and mantis shrimp. Beware. QT the rocks.

But the rocks also gave me beautiful sponges, feather dusters, dark red coralline, brittle stars, pistol shrimp, micro organisms, and biodiversity. One of my best purchases IMO.

 

[Sean Clark]

Pics to come I am sure.

 

[Miami Reef]

Here’s evidence of the fireworm. I know for a fact that KP rocks added it, and unfortunately that frogspawn coral got eaten out. I randomly woke up at 4am and saw this.

 

[((FORDTECH))]

Exciting! Only negative issue I had with KP rock was bubble algae.

How many pounds did you pick up I’ve heard when you get over 120 to 150 pounds that’s when you end up getting the hitchhikers

 

[((FORDTECH))]

Great!

KP rocks gave me fireworms and mantis shrimp. Beware. QT the rocks.

But the rocks also gave me beautiful sponges, feather dusters, dark red coralline, brittle stars, pistol shrimp, micro organisms, and biodiversity. One of my best purchases IMO.

Yes that’s what the hundred gallon trough is for and the 40 gallon breeder tank connected to it so I can watch from all four sides each rock individually with a WebCam check in for motion so I can go through each rock individually before I place them in my system

 

[((FORDTECH))]

Great!

KP rocks gave me fireworms and mantis shrimp. Beware. QT the rocks.

But the rocks also gave me beautiful sponges, feather dusters, dark red coralline, brittle stars, pistol shrimp, micro organisms, and biodiversity. One of my best purchases IMO.

The bio diversity is what I’m really looking for to kickstart my old system and give it some new life

 

[Avel]

Thanks for the picture of the fireworm.
I think I have them too. I had like 20 heads of a zoa frag reduced to like 5. I saw bristlesworms around it. But one of them looks exactly like your picture.
So I'm pretty sure the fireworm was munching on it.

 

[Miami Reef]

How many pounds did you pick up I’ve heard when you get over 120 to 150 pounds that’s when you end up getting the hitchhikers

Funny. I only added 15 lbs of rock. I have a few mantis shrimp and a few of these fireworms. I let the rocks sit dry for a few minutes and nothing came out of it, so I thought it was good to go.

 

[Sean Clark]

I was thinking Tampa Bay live rock but then I saw everyone loving KP live rock so I am watching closely.

 

[((FORDTECH))]

Funny. I only added 15 lbs of rock. I have a few mantis shrimp and a few of these fireworms. I let the rocks sit dry for a few minutes and nothing came out of it, so I thought it was good to go.

Lol Well I know a lot better than that ha ha

 

[((FORDTECH))]

I was thinking Tampa Bay live rock but then I saw everyone loving KP live rock so I am watching closely.

I was going to get 100 pounds of KP and then 50 from Tampa and 50 from somewhere else but after reading all the reviews Kp seems to always come out on top
Most people have stated it’s more porous than all the others and has better biodiversity due to the location of the ocean it’s pulled from

 

[((FORDTECH))]

I will say one thing I never in my life thought I’d spend this much money on rock!!!

 

[HumboldtReefers]

I feel you about waiting at the airport. Doing imports that is half my life lately, waiting to get the space on a flight is worse than knowing its landing in the air. Fish and wildlife can be stressful too when they are taking their time. Hope you find any hitchhikers and that you get the benefits from the rock you are seeking. Look forward to seeing how you scape it.

 

[V A R I A N T]

How many pounds did you pick up I’ve heard when you get over 120 to 150 pounds that’s when you end up getting the hitchhikers

I had 60 pounds. There were a couple fireworms at the beginning that I removed. Was good to go after that.

 

[Tamberav]

How many pounds did you pick up I’ve heard when you get over 120 to 150 pounds that’s when you end up getting the hitchhikers

I had tons of bad crabs on 20 lbs and sooo many cool good things. I regret nothing. I QT the rock under light for a long time to catch them. Light to keep photosynthetic stuff alive. No fireworms from mine, just lots of not so nice crabs.

 

[((FORDTECH))]

I had tons of bad crabs on 20 lbs and sooo many cool good things. I regret nothing. I QT the rock under light for a long time to catch them. Light to keep photosynthetic stuff alive. No fireworms from mine, just lots of not so nice crabs.

Wow tons of bad crabs on 20 pounds I can’t even imagine what I’m in for right now lol

 

[((FORDTECH))]

I do plan to do a very thorough quarantine and inspection on all the rocks my only issue is I have questioned this and how much of the biodiversity will be damaged during this quarantine do any of you have any idea about this?

 

[Lost in the Sauce]

I Love my KP rock. I would recommend a hyper salinity dip. I got quite a few nasties out.

Love the mithrax crabs. Great algae eaters.