I received 10lbs of live rock shipped in water today from KP Aquatics. I’m using it to augment and boost the biodiversity in my reef tank which has 60lbs of dry rock that’s currently a few months old. This stuff is great!
Just from moving it to a 20gal quarantine tank, I found a really big brittle star, a smaller one, and tons of sponges and featherdusters. I’m hearing a LOT of snapping inside the tank though, audible from another room. I’m going to drop a coke bottle trap in there tonight and see if I can catch whatever is making that racket.
Can anyone help me ID a couple of things? I’m concerned that one of the rocks might have the start of some bubble algae. I do have a red mithrax crab in the DT so it might get eaten, but if I can remove it before it even gets that far, I’d rather do that.
There are also two other things I’m just curious about, not worried. There looks like some kind of red algae, but could it be a gorgonian of some type? And in the second photo is something I first thought was another feather duster, but it retains the conical form, doesn’t seem to flutter in flow like a duster, and pulls itself into the rock when I made a slight vibration.
Thanks, everyone. I highly recommend KP for live rock, and I’ve had a great experience in the past when getting my CUC from them as well.
Just from moving it to a 20gal quarantine tank, I found a really big brittle star, a smaller one, and tons of sponges and featherdusters. I’m hearing a LOT of snapping inside the tank though, audible from another room. I’m going to drop a coke bottle trap in there tonight and see if I can catch whatever is making that racket.
Can anyone help me ID a couple of things? I’m concerned that one of the rocks might have the start of some bubble algae. I do have a red mithrax crab in the DT so it might get eaten, but if I can remove it before it even gets that far, I’d rather do that.
There are also two other things I’m just curious about, not worried. There looks like some kind of red algae, but could it be a gorgonian of some type? And in the second photo is something I first thought was another feather duster, but it retains the conical form, doesn’t seem to flutter in flow like a duster, and pulls itself into the rock when I made a slight vibration.
Thanks, everyone. I highly recommend KP for live rock, and I’ve had a great experience in the past when getting my CUC from them as well.