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1 minute ago, ECLS Reefer said:

I like the ambient light! Is it a strip of LEDS?

Yep. Current USA Serene Back Light…….. it’s a little add on kit. Wasn’t sure I would like it but so far it’s ok to mess around with………  I need to try to program it to work on a schedule. 

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1 minute ago, spectra said:

What did you get ? Is a mantis coming with it…..:unsure:

Gulf Live Rock. I’m open to any and all hitchhikers at this point. 

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5 minutes ago, spectra said:

Oh am sure you will get something…….

 

How many lbs did you order ? 

I ordered their nano package which is 17lbs……..that’s waaaay more than I’ll need but I’m still reworking the scape on the big tank so I might plop some of it in there. 

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2 hours ago, WV Reefer said:

Gulf Live Rock. I’m open to any and all hitchhikers at this point. 

Looking forward to what you get .... I've always wanted to go that route ..... 

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2 minutes ago, jack1978 said:

Looking forward to what you get .... I've always wanted to go that route ..... 

this is my first time and I’m hoping it’s good stuff. 🤞🏻 Usually I start with dry

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23 minutes ago, spectra said:

Your going to need it who knows whats going to pop out of the rock................. :scarry:

 

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So far nothing crazy……….Just the stench. 🤢

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So, the rock looks good…….. lots of life, good color…………not sure how many critters survived but I saw a few types of dead crabs and a shrimp claw of some sort.

Ive spotted bristle worms, spaghetti worms, Medusa worms, feather dusters, bivalves, sponge, macro algae, snails, starfish, cucumber and some other worms I’m not sure of yet. 

 

It’s much bigger than expected. The description said “fist size pieces”…………. Well they must have some big ass fists. 
 

For now most of it is in the tank and a few pieces are in the 75. Gotta come up with another plan now that I see the size of the rocks. 
 

a few pics:


 

dead mithrax crab with a live cucumber in the middle of the pic
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two large clams both alive. 

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cucumber

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7 minutes ago, debbeach13 said:

Look at all that life. Fantastic!

I’m very pleased with it so far. Hopefully there are some cool little dudes that survived inside. 

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6 hours ago, WV Reefer said:

So far nothing crazy……….Just the stench. 🤢

Lulz, you should have seen it when we were bringing in Fiji, Tonga and Indo live rock. You have NO IDEA of the smell. It would take the fur off a Yeti. The USF&W guys would hide when they opened the container. There's only one worse smell that I can think of and that's a leather coral milkshake.

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Spotted the Eunice worm a few more times. Tried to feed him but he ran away. 🙁

 

Also spotted a few peanut worms, tunicates and some sort of anemone maybe. There are so many bivalves I’m trying to identify them all. Definitely at least three turkey wing clams, an oyster or two and maybe jewel box clams. 
 

Will get more pics once I finalize the scape. 
 

until then, check out this bad boy I scored after winning the last PoTm contest:

 

behold 🙌🏻

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