Royal Gramma Posted August 26, 2002 Share Posted August 26, 2002 All sorts of goodies grew out of mine, but they are unidentified, so I have no clue what they are...X) Carrie Link to comment
NaNO ReeFiN Posted August 26, 2002 Share Posted August 26, 2002 Plenty of feather dusters and on one of my rocks, little brown polyps with green centers are starting to grow.. Link to comment
Crakeur Posted August 26, 2002 Share Posted August 26, 2002 I have the usual assortment of tiny dusters, the odd polyp and, unfortunately, the ocaissional aiptaisa (I've learned to live with a couple of them). My most striking bit of growth, however, is a red and orange sponge-like covering all over one of my rocks. It came from nowhere and has spread like wildfire. When I finally get my replacement MH bulb and the lighting on my tank is how it is supposed to be, I will be taking pictures of this beautiful addition (and the other lovelies that I have added). Link to comment
yrureefing Posted August 26, 2002 Share Posted August 26, 2002 Feather dusters abunch of orange/red sponges like crakeur had. So far one aiptasia which I killed the second I saw it. Alot of different types of baby snails. Little polyps which are probably dead now because I didn't have light for a while because I am afraid of hair algae. Link to comment
printerdown01 Posted August 26, 2002 Share Posted August 26, 2002 Feather dusters, several types of sea sponges (my favorite is a bright pink that continues to grow and grow), a sea squirt, some sort of filter feeding clam that is doing well, some great macroalgae spp, and a great biologically diverse pod population... Link to comment
tinyreef Posted August 26, 2002 Share Posted August 26, 2002 all of the above plus some porites (tough colony, considering it was on uncured LR). i also had a couple of mollusks like printerdown1's but they were more like boring clams, unfortunately they didn't make it thru a stage of questionable source water. Link to comment
anthony812 Posted August 26, 2002 Share Posted August 26, 2002 all of the above also, with lots of baby brittle stars, small anemone like thigns, i have 6 of them on one rock, No, its not Aipt. even though i have some in my tank also..i have one that is about 4" in diameter..hahaha.. the ones that i have on my LR are clear tenticles with bright white circular tips with red/green body...its really neat looking but still could not ID it..i will try to take pictures of it tonight. i also have local mussels, and baby clams that is attached onto my LR... Link to comment
Sahin Posted August 26, 2002 Share Posted August 26, 2002 The usual stuff. What really got my interest is the critters that came out of the live rock. Link to comment
printerdown01 Posted August 26, 2002 Share Posted August 26, 2002 Ooooh ooooh, thanks for the reminder tinyreef!!! I too had porites (2 colonies) one severly damaged durring shipping I guess, both of them survived the cycle and made a full comeback! Judging by my and your luck with them, I don't think that they are as hard to keep as people claim !!! Oh yeah, and I got aptasia, damn those things, I still have yet to entirely rid my tank of them!! Link to comment
navymedic23 Posted August 26, 2002 Share Posted August 26, 2002 hey where did you all get your rock from? i got about 6 lbs from tampasaltwater and it was full of life, included were some snails, nasarius i think, a brittle star, a decorator crab (small one) a milky white with pink tinged sponge (i think) a small hermit, and stuff is still growing everyday.... Link to comment
yrureefing Posted August 26, 2002 Share Posted August 26, 2002 I just saw a pretty big polyp on my lr today and it apears healthy. I got my rock from premium aquatics. Link to comment
harbingerofthefish Posted August 26, 2002 Share Posted August 26, 2002 Well my rock has only been in my tank for a couple of weeks now. Two of the three bristle worms that came crawling out are dead, but one is MIA. All I know for sure what it is is a duster (well some thing like it if it isn't) good thing is I noticed some growth on it's tube today. I have what looks like porties (or velvet) on one rock (still dime size though so ???) And possibly some Lavender coral (still hard to tell) Hopefully there is a brain on the front side of one rock. I'm still in the well...my tanks been up for a short time but the levels are back to normal so I don't know if it's ready or not...stage. Link to comment
chufa Posted August 27, 2002 Share Posted August 27, 2002 mine had tons of feather dusters, lots of aiptasia, some yellow worms, tiny termite-like bugs, and a bunch of preety grape algae that is growing very nicely, even though I got low light and the tank is cycling. I also have some red polyps and other weird things that I can't ID. Link to comment
RedSkaNite Posted August 27, 2002 Share Posted August 27, 2002 Just noticed something odd today. It looks like small tube of glued-together rock. Then 2 long, clear tentacles snake out of it, and pull a small piece of rock into the tube. What the heck was that? Link to comment
FamousGuy Posted August 27, 2002 Share Posted August 27, 2002 aiptapsia, sponge, green/purple/red coralline, different types of worms/feather dusters, either a mantis or pistol that i havent ID'd yet..oh yeah and a isopod that i caught and obliterated Link to comment
gobies Posted August 27, 2002 Share Posted August 27, 2002 maroon and purplish coralline, more aiptasia than I care to think about, at least two different types of fanworms (white fan and pretty maroon fan), one single polyp that hasn't grown much yet, lots of baby snails, a possible keyhole limpet that I took out yesterday, a chunk of something that's bright white and a little bit hard (sponge?), valonia, a little area of watermelon-pink sponge that I just saw yesterday, assorted spaghetti-type worms, more bristleworms than I can shake a stick at...one of them is at least six or eight inches long and 1/4" wide.... and a bright watermelon-pink tunicate... Link to comment
Royal Gramma Posted August 27, 2002 Author Share Posted August 27, 2002 I think I saw a small brittle star in my LR. It was round and had 5 long wavy legs. Do I need to feed it??? I am already putting bloodworms in there for my pair of clowns, will that be enough? Hmmmm. Carrie Link to comment
Korbin Posted August 27, 2002 Share Posted August 27, 2002 I had a 7 inch bristle worm in a piece of rock in my 3 gallon tank. I had to take the rock out and smash with a hammer it to get the worm. Link to comment
Royal Gramma Posted August 27, 2002 Author Share Posted August 27, 2002 Are the worms bad?? I have tons of them.... Link to comment
RedSkaNite Posted August 27, 2002 Share Posted August 27, 2002 I hear lots of good things about bristleworms. I want some in my tank. Link to comment
flaunt Posted August 27, 2002 Share Posted August 27, 2002 bristleworms kick ass. i had some tiny baby ones i put in several months ago and now i see them roaming the tank from time to time about 10x bigger. if u have problems with an overpopulation, get a coralbanded shrimp! btw- i had several sources of live rock, but my best piece came from the lfs and has tons of stuff on it... several varieties of hard corals (not sure what species), lots of encrusting sponges (some of which thrive while others just wither away), tons of coralline, interesting clam-like creatures with flowery-feather-looking things around their rims... tube worms out the ass, crabs (which i removed), brittle stars, several species of macroalgae, just an unbelievable variety of things from this 5 lb. chunk of rock! Link to comment
deacon hemp Posted August 27, 2002 Share Posted August 27, 2002 i got a ton of macro,a few polyps,a bunch of featherdusters no apistia,and like three colors of coraline. Link to comment
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