Live Pukani

[wooglins]

I am receiving some Live Pukani this afternoon, and will post some pictures of what it looks like. I know there are a number of ways to get this rock and I chose to purchase mine from right here in the US so it will be totally alive and covered with cool living things (time in transit shipped in water looks like 3 hours). This rock is to spruce up my 13 year old TBSSaltwater build that is still going strong, but needed about 20-30 pounds added to one end of the tank.

Pictures of the rock in shipping containers with water, and placed in in the tank will be forthcoming. Hope this is helpful for those that are considering this amazing rock, and are thinking about the different ways it can be acquired.

 

[revhtree]

Cool! Following!

 

[wooglins]

Well here are some initial photos's and impression. The rock is amazing. Lots of life, that should stay alive, and amazing variety of sponges, soft and hard corlals.

True live Pukani from TBS Saltwater from the ocean to my home in one day. Total time in transit less than four hours and time from dropoff into my tank less than six hours.

I will post more pictures tomorrow.

In the box awaiting a new home

Tank before:

Tank just 30 minutes after adding rock and sand (still a little agitated, but looking pretty good)

Some selected rock pictures

 

[Sully]

I've got 30+ pounds of that stuff. Love it! Yeah, I'm still clearing out the occasional unwanted hitchhiker, but the cool stuff that came with it was worth it. You will have some sponge die off, just keep an eye in it. I did have quite a few sponges make it though.

 

[wooglins]

Here are some more pictures from yesterday when the rock arrive. I took quite a few, and wanted to share how the rock came. It is shipped in seawater completely submerged just like a fish you might order online. It is live rock that really requires very little compared to the traditional approach of putting dead or mostly dead rock to start a tank. No curing required.

I will post some pictures later this afternoon with everything settled down and arranged.

I added about 30 lbs to my already established tank, and it has now been in overnight and everything is happy. Fish are enjoying the new rock, and life is abundant.

How it comes in the box, very heavy plastic filled with rock and water.

 

[wooglins]

Here are some more pictures from the day after adding the rock and sand. I added between 25-30 lbs of rock and 30lbs of sand along with some other assorted goodies.

 

[Justin D]

What is the website name

 

[wooglins]

What is the website name

http://tampabaysaltwater.com

 

[Sully]

So, what types of hitch hikers have you found so far?

Mine were, Good: about 6-8 porcelain crabs. At least one pistol shrimp of some sort. A Saron shrimp. Cerith snails. Sponges, although some have melted away. Barnacles, some are even alive 3 months later but did have a lot of die off with them.

Bad: 2 gorilla crabs (so far, caught and moved to HOB fuge.) Some whelk snails (still not positive they're not nassarius).

Unsure: This crab. Think it's a stone crab but it's in the fuge to be safe.

 

[Sully]

Here's some of the sponges, Saron shrimp and a porcelain crab.

 

[pugcrush]

Unsure: This crab. Think it's a stone crab but it's in the fuge to be safe.

spider crab

 

[wooglins]

I will post another update in a day or so. Everything is settling in nicely. Sponges and tunicates seem to survive, but only on bottom sides of rocks where they are shielded from light. Lots of neat hitchikers from decorator crab, lots or porcelins, and some really cool urchins. There is one purple one that is stunning.