Probably a dumb question

slickrick75150 · 03/01/2012, 12:25 PM

Hey guy probably a dumb question but I'm still new at this so cut me a break lol but I haven't had any cool stowaways from my live rock or live sand and there anyway to get cool stuff other then buying more rock or sand?

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Peter T · 03/01/2012, 12:39 PM

If you have any reefer friends with a refugium you can ask to get some excess chaeto algae that they trim away. Put that in your sump and keep a light on it. If you don't have a sump you can also leave it in your main display though it may look a bit funny. Chaeto algae seems to have just as much if not more micro crustaceans and life in it than live rock. At least from what I can see - I've never broke open live rock to see what is living inside the holes.

Sugar Magnolia · 03/01/2012, 12:53 PM

www.ipsf.com

www.inlandaquatics.com

Both excellent dealers with great prices.

xCry0x · 03/01/2012, 03:22 PM

Chaeto is great for getting the random stuff.

uncleof6 · 03/01/2012, 03:28 PM

Cool Stuff? From the ocean, of course.

http://floridaliverock.com/

yh1185 · 03/01/2012, 03:28 PM

what were you expecting to get? I'm guessing you were looking for some worms or crabs or something? I'm sure your LR had some pods and such on them, you just can't see them.

TigeBell · 03/01/2012, 04:23 PM

Just wait and the stowaways will start coming out. I'm sure there are bristle worms in your rocks. IMO, they car cool.. Kind of ugly but cool none-the-less.

slickrick75150 · 03/01/2012, 05:59 PM

I have a bristle worm and a couple of pods but I've been seeing on the forum people getting like feather duster worms and crabs little stars and everything

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SushiGirl · 03/01/2012, 09:03 PM

Give it time, things will show up out of your rock and coral frags years later.

yh1185 · 03/01/2012, 10:20 PM

ya just give it time, I'm sure you have plenty of stuff, you just can't see them all right now. You could always buy some inverts if you want to see things

zhewitt04 · 03/01/2012, 10:30 PM

As everyone else is saying. Stuff will show up over time. I seem to get more from ,as someone was saying, coral and mushroom rocks and stuff like that. I live near Premium Aquatics and bout a mushroom rock there one time and about 6 months later the same rock had some kind of toadstool on it. It also had a brittle star in it. Kinda cool because when I got home and took my bag out of the bag. It had came out and was in another coner. That is how I know the brittle came from the shroom rock. Anyways they will come.. give it some time.

zhewitt04 · 03/01/2012, 10:31 PM

I had a thought after I posted. You could always trade some rubble with a local buddy and you are sure to carry in some cool stuff that way.

03/01/2012, 12:25 PM	#1
slickrick75150 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2012 Posts: 94	Probably a dumb question Hey guy probably a dumb question but I'm still new at this so cut me a break lol but I haven't had any cool stowaways from my live rock or live sand and there anyway to get cool stuff other then buying more rock or sand? --- I am here: http://tapatalk.com/map.php?y0escp

03/01/2012, 12:53 PM	#3
Sugar Magnolia Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Northern VA Posts: 17,691	www.ipsf.com www.inlandaquatics.com Both excellent dealers with great prices. __________________ Adrienne The only thing to fear is fear itself....and spiders.

03/01/2012, 03:22 PM	#4
xCry0x Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Martinez, CA Posts: 1,116	Chaeto is great for getting the random stuff. __________________ Red Sea Max 250

03/01/2012, 03:28 PM	#5
uncleof6 Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: AWOL Posts: 12,013	Cool Stuff? From the ocean, of course. http://floridaliverock.com/ __________________ "Things should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler." (oft attributed to Einstein; most likely paraphrasing by Roger Sessions; compactly articulates the principle of Occam's Razor) Current Tank Info: 325 6' wide Reef Last edited by uncleof6; 03/01/2012 at 03:33 PM.

03/01/2012, 03:28 PM	#6
yh1185 Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Jersey Posts: 279	what were you expecting to get? I'm guessing you were looking for some worms or crabs or something? I'm sure your LR had some pods and such on them, you just can't see them. __________________ 40b, bh2000 skimmer, 48X3w Cree LED Eshine Systems with a sun-rise/set controller. 2X750gph koralia evolution powerheads

03/01/2012, 12:39 PM	#2
Peter T Gallantly Forward Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Jacksonville, FL Posts: 563	If you have any reefer friends with a refugium you can ask to get some excess chaeto algae that they trim away. Put that in your sump and keep a light on it. If you don't have a sump you can also leave it in your main display though it may look a bit funny. Chaeto algae seems to have just as much if not more micro crustaceans and life in it than live rock. At least from what I can see - I've never broke open live rock to see what is living inside the holes.

03/01/2012, 04:23 PM	#7
TigeBell Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Fair Oaks, CA Posts: 974	Just wait and the stowaways will start coming out. I'm sure there are bristle worms in your rocks. IMO, they car cool.. Kind of ugly but cool none-the-less. __________________ David B. Red Sea Reefer 350 \| Hydra TwentySix HD http://www.aquaticlog.com/aquariums/tigebell/1

03/01/2012, 05:59 PM	#8
slickrick75150 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2012 Posts: 94	I have a bristle worm and a couple of pods but I've been seeing on the forum people getting like feather duster worms and crabs little stars and everything --- I am here: http://tapatalk.com/map.php?0chqpy

03/01/2012, 09:03 PM	#9
SushiGirl Premium Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Fort Worth, TX USA Posts: 8,267	Give it time, things will show up out of your rock and coral frags years later. __________________ Visit my Homepage or "My Albums" (via Profile) for hitchhiker pics. Current Tank Info: 55g softy/LPS tank & 20L reef tank

03/01/2012, 10:20 PM	#10
yh1185 Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Jersey Posts: 279	ya just give it time, I'm sure you have plenty of stuff, you just can't see them all right now. You could always buy some inverts if you want to see things __________________ 40b, bh2000 skimmer, 48X3w Cree LED Eshine Systems with a sun-rise/set controller. 2X750gph koralia evolution powerheads

03/01/2012, 10:30 PM	#11
zhewitt04 Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Kokomo, IN Posts: 764	As everyone else is saying. Stuff will show up over time. I seem to get more from ,as someone was saying, coral and mushroom rocks and stuff like that. I live near Premium Aquatics and bout a mushroom rock there one time and about 6 months later the same rock had some kind of toadstool on it. It also had a brittle star in it. Kinda cool because when I got home and took my bag out of the bag. It had came out and was in another coner. That is how I know the brittle came from the shroom rock. Anyways they will come.. give it some time.

03/01/2012, 10:31 PM	#12
zhewitt04 Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Kokomo, IN Posts: 764	I had a thought after I posted. You could always trade some rubble with a local buddy and you are sure to carry in some cool stuff that way.