New LR

[trebor126]

Hi everyone,
I just received 30lbs of LR from a place on-line. This stuff is great! 4.33/lbs delivered to my door. It has tons of life on it. There is even a clam that is about 2" long that was still alive. The rock is also covered in coraline algea.
Does anyone know of a good website that will help identify life on live rock?
Can't wait to see what comes out when the lights are off.

 

[ofalegend]

Trebor,
Did you order the rock from gulf-view.com? I've heard a lot great things about them. I'm thinking of ordering from there myself very soon.

 

[trebor126]

Hi OfALegend,
Yes I did order from gulf-view.com. The rock was great. Hardly any die off. As I stated before, lots of life and color. There are alot of white worm like creatures and I have noticed 2 crabs, about 1cm in length.
I would definately order from there again.

 

[striker]

Try the hitchiker faq. section at <a href="http://www.reefs.org" target="_blank">www.reefs.org</a> They have a few pages on hitchikers info. I refer to them everytime I find something new in my tank.

 

[trebor126]

Thanks for the link..

 

[gtc]

Trebor you will have some die off because of the shear amount of life on this rock. Watch your ammonia levels. The rock does have alot of clams, I actually have small clams attached to larger ones.

 

[trebor126]

Thank for the advice. I plan on doing a water test after work, and possible a water change. I do not have any fish as of now in the tank, just 3 scarlett crabs and 4 snails..