Tampa Bay Saltwater Live Rock 2.1 And Pests - Page 3

nathan1986 · 08/19/2015, 10:54 AM

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Originally Posted by smatter

I say diversity is underrated and the "risk" is well worth it. I can hear a little mantis in my new 2.1 rock but I'm not worried, in fact, I look forward to getting a lucky glimpse of him. If he gets naughty he is trigger food.

Dont forget to rule out a pistol shrimp. I had clicking coming from my rock and i was worried it was a mantis. I didnt want the mantis so i dunked the small rock the noise was coming from in fresh water. The clicking was a pistol shrimp. Very cool looking animal. He lived in that rock until my puffer made lunch out of him

Mishri · 08/19/2015, 11:27 AM

I had 2 stone crabs.. moved them to a tank just for them.. They tore through most of my gorilla population before i pulled them, now the gorillas are coming back out so I'll need to nab those, but really they aren't that bad. I have so many pods I really need to get a dragonet.. rocks are crawling with them. I have a bunch of tiny pistol shrimp, and porcelain crabs which I really like. all sorts of cool things in there.. way more interesting than any other aquarium i've had just because of the things I see.. I ordered the package about 6 months ago. I love macro algae and I got a little bit of it, but then it slowly disappeared.

and as others said: Don't tear things apart for clicking, you'll eventually see it if it is a mantis, and wont harm much in the mean time.

liverock · 08/19/2015, 12:33 PM

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Originally Posted by nathan1986

No aptasia but i got 3 huge manjos on some TBS rock i purchased 3 years ago. The same 3 manjos are still on the rock. they havent multiplied, but they have moved around a bit.

Not manjos...or however you spell it lol...they come from the indo pacifinc...the ones on the rock here in the gulf are different guys!

Richard TBS
www.tbsaltwater.com

nathan1986 · 08/19/2015, 12:57 PM

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Originally Posted by liverock

Not manjos...or however you spell it lol...they come from the indo pacifinc...the ones on the rock here in the gulf are different guys!

Richard TBS
www.tbsaltwater.com

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Reguardless of what they are i actually like them lol. I just assumed manjo by their size and how they literally have not multiplied. Both of them are different colors too. My biggest one is probably 3 inches in diameter if not bigger

liverock · 08/19/2015, 01:08 PM

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Originally Posted by nathan1986

Reguardless of what they are i actually like them lol. I just assumed manjo by their size and how they literally have not multiplied. Both of them are different colors too. My biggest one is probably 3 inches in diameter if not bigger

We get bead anemones....some aptasia look alikes...and a few others here in the gulf...but never see them multiply here either...got a couple that grew from an inch...to about six inches in a holding tank here right now...

nathan1986 · 08/19/2015, 01:16 PM

Mine isnt nearly that big yet. It does eat almost every day too when i feed the tank

nathan1986 · 08/19/2015, 01:17 PM

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Originally Posted by liverock

We get bead anemones....some aptasia look alikes...and a few others here in the gulf...but never see them multiply here either...got a couple that grew from an inch...to about six inches in a holding tank here right now...

I think i have one of those bead anemones you mentioned as well. Havent been able to id it yet. Someone told me it was a hidden cup coral?

liverock · 08/19/2015, 01:48 PM

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Originally Posted by nathan1986

I think i have one of those bead anemones you mentioned as well. Havent been able to id it yet. Someone told me it was a hidden cup coral?

need a pic

nathan1986 · 08/19/2015, 03:59 PM

uploadfromtaptalk1440021489849.jpg its usually bigger than that. But ive noticed over tge years that it prefers low light. My foxface just ate a bunch of caulerpa that was covering it up. So its a little upset with all the light its getting at the moment. But it has a stony base, the tips have a bubble at each end (like a jokers hat) and the tentacles look like they are filled with micro bubbles

liverock · 08/19/2015, 05:18 PM

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Originally Posted by nathan1986

Attachment 326323 its usually bigger than that. But ive noticed over tge years that it prefers low light. My foxface just ate a bunch of caulerpa that was covering it up. So its a little upset with all the light its getting at the moment. But it has a stony base, the tips have a bubble at each end (like a jokers hat) and the tentacles look like they are filled with micro bubbles

looks like a cup coral

nathan1986 · 08/19/2015, 05:22 PM

Thats what others have said. Poor little thing has been thru alot over the years

JakeK · 10/07/2015, 10:53 AM

Novice question here - Thinking about using some TBS rock for my new 90 gallon. Will gorilla crabs or mantis shrimp try to eat my smaller fish like my sharknose goby and firefish?

Mayberry · 10/07/2015, 11:02 AM

My live rock and sand from TBS will arrive on Saturday! My setup of the new 75 gallon will start then! This is my second purchase from TBS and it is the best rock you can buy, the life on it is just amazing!

alton · 10/07/2015, 11:43 AM

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Originally Posted by JakeK

Novice question here - Thinking about using some TBS rock for my new 90 gallon. Will gorilla crabs or mantis shrimp try to eat my smaller fish like my sharknose goby and firefish?

Like everything thing else, set up a quarantine tank

Bent · 10/07/2015, 11:51 AM

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Originally Posted by JakeK

Novice question here - Thinking about using some TBS rock for my new 90 gallon. Will gorilla crabs or mantis shrimp try to eat my smaller fish like my sharknose goby and firefish?

GC = maybe depending on size.
MS = absolutley

Try to get them all out before you put the rock in. Itll save you a lot of headache.

JakeK · 10/07/2015, 03:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Bent

GC = maybe depending on size.
MS = absolutley

Try to get them all out before you put the rock in. Itll save you a lot of headache.

Thank you!

jonwright · 10/07/2015, 06:49 PM

I actually paid for a pistol shrimp. Not from tbs but he is one of my favorites. So I find it funny that people are worried about them.

smatter · 10/09/2015, 02:30 PM

There's a bunch of litle crabs in mine. There was a cool black and white one that was quite gregarious and not shy at all. It made it easy to spear him as he was out in the open all the time. I felt a little bad but I could tell he was a naughty one. I'm going to stick a little airline-sized booze bottles in there with some bait in it for the others.

08/19/2015, 11:27 AM	#52
Mishri Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Great Falls, MT Posts: 1,404	I had 2 stone crabs.. moved them to a tank just for them.. They tore through most of my gorilla population before i pulled them, now the gorillas are coming back out so I'll need to nab those, but really they aren't that bad. I have so many pods I really need to get a dragonet.. rocks are crawling with them. I have a bunch of tiny pistol shrimp, and porcelain crabs which I really like. all sorts of cool things in there.. way more interesting than any other aquarium i've had just because of the things I see.. I ordered the package about 6 months ago. I love macro algae and I got a little bit of it, but then it slowly disappeared. and as others said: Don't tear things apart for clicking, you'll eventually see it if it is a mantis, and wont harm much in the mean time. __________________ 300 gallon 8ft long, 2x xf250 gyre, reef octopus 250-int - work in progress Aquarist since 1986

10/07/2015, 11:02 AM	#63
Mayberry Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2015 Location: Mount Airy, NC Posts: 79	My live rock and sand from TBS will arrive on Saturday! My setup of the new 75 gallon will start then! This is my second purchase from TBS and it is the best rock you can buy, the life on it is just amazing! __________________ "I want patience and I want it now!"

08/19/2015, 01:16 PM	#56
nathan1986 Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2014 Posts: 1,365	Mine isnt nearly that big yet. It does eat almost every day too when i feed the tank

08/19/2015, 03:59 PM	#59
nathan1986 Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2014 Posts: 1,365	uploadfromtaptalk1440021489849.jpg its usually bigger than that. But ive noticed over tge years that it prefers low light. My foxface just ate a bunch of caulerpa that was covering it up. So its a little upset with all the light its getting at the moment. But it has a stony base, the tips have a bubble at each end (like a jokers hat) and the tentacles look like they are filled with micro bubbles

08/19/2015, 05:22 PM	#61
nathan1986 Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2014 Posts: 1,365	Thats what others have said. Poor little thing has been thru alot over the years

10/07/2015, 10:53 AM	#62
JakeK Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2015 Posts: 131	Novice question here - Thinking about using some TBS rock for my new 90 gallon. Will gorilla crabs or mantis shrimp try to eat my smaller fish like my sharknose goby and firefish?

10/07/2015, 06:49 PM	#67
jonwright Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Little Rock, AR Posts: 658	I actually paid for a pistol shrimp. Not from tbs but he is one of my favorites. So I find it funny that people are worried about them.

10/09/2015, 02:30 PM	#68
smatter Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Madison, WI Posts: 2,055	There's a bunch of litle crabs in mine. There was a cool black and white one that was quite gregarious and not shy at all. It made it easy to spear him as he was out in the open all the time. I felt a little bad but I could tell he was a naughty one. I'm going to stick a little airline-sized booze bottles in there with some bait in it for the others.