MicroFauna

[fragit]

I started my new reef with dry Pukani Rock in both the display and refugium. The rock cured for about 4 months with some 2LittleFishes bacteria. I got some Chaeto and Caulerpa from my LFS so far the only real life I have seen was one micro brittle star and a lone small bristle worm. I'm doing the Aqua Forest program so I'm good with bacteria. Is there a good source out there to purchase a healthy variety of micro fauna? I can find pods but not mini brittles worms etc. Should I get some garf grunge or something? Thanks for the help.

 

[Roboson]

I'd see if can get a cup or two of live sand from another reefer or your LFS. It should be filled with relatively hardy microfauna if it's from a mature system. Bristle worm and micro stars are hard to get on purpose, you will eventually get them as hitch hikers.

 

[fragit]

Yeah I already thought about going the lfs route, also to some coralline scrapings to seed for that. I was just wondering if there is a source for some specialized micro/macro fauna. Thanks for the reply.

 

[Roboson]

Just depends on what you want. I've seen listings for bristleworms on eBay. Microbrittles are so common that no one really sells them (which is annoying).

I would suggest you check out ReefCleaners. They have some really interesting inverts like chitons, limpets, and zig-zag periwinkles. Plus you could snag their pods+ thing, which is just a mix of many kinds of pods.