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Old 03/19/2006, 12:57 PM
boodwah boodwah is offline
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Awesome Live Rock

I have seen a lot of people asking about Live Rock in here. I bought some from Tampa Bay Saltwater 3 weeks ago and I am very happy with it. I added a little over 20 lbs (I ordered and paid for 15, he is generous on his weights) to top off my 115 lbs of various rock in my 90 gallon tank. I wish I had bought only from them. Their rock is the best I've seen. Here is a link to a thread with pics:
http://archive.reefcentral.com/forum...hreadid=804073
My next tank will get "The Package".

Now my question to the long timers is: What kind of coral is that on my rocks? It is thriving. It opens up and waves very short tentacles in the water daily but closes at night. He calls it tube corals on his website but has no scientific name. I have been adding Marine Snow but I was just wondering if I am feeding it OK.
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Old 03/19/2006, 01:09 PM
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Those look like closed zoanthids or palythoas. If you put something like chopped mysis shrimp on them when they are open, do the close immediately and ingest it? If they do, then palythoa.
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Old 03/19/2006, 01:47 PM
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what Avi said.

did you find any other hitch-hikers on it yet?
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if its still alive, it will hopefully be fine. If you do not see it, do not try to find it. it may be hiding. just LEAVE it alone
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Old 03/19/2006, 02:19 PM
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2 starfish, several feather dusters of different types, a small brain coral, some little crabs, a mantis shrimp, some kind of little fish like a goby or something (might have been eaten, was very small), of course worms, a conch, copepods, etc... That's besides what you can see for yourself in the pics.
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Old 03/19/2006, 04:52 PM
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Make that 3 starfish.
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Old 03/19/2006, 04:58 PM
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I think allmost everyone that uses TBSW finds a mantis or two, beautifull rock though.
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Old 03/19/2006, 05:32 PM
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how much was the rock including shipping?
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Old 03/19/2006, 11:33 PM
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how much was the rock including shipping?
yea how much and anyone gotta link? i'm thinking about placing an order. looks sweet thanks.
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Old 03/19/2006, 11:40 PM
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Tampa Bay Saltwater has a forum under the sponsor forums

their website is http://www.tbsaltwater.com
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Old 03/20/2006, 01:02 AM
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I ordered 15 lbs of premium. The total was $98, and when I picked it up the air freight bill was $42. BUT, the shipped weight including packing materials and water was 40lbs. Now I did not weigh the rock, but the amount of rock I received was more like 25 lbs. Either their rock is much less dense than Fiji and Haitian or they are a bit generous. But I think that their premium sitting on top of base rock is much better looking than a bunch of Walt Smith.
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