So I got my GRUNGE today....

[MT79]

"....lots of tube worms and some microstars...."

Can't we just buy these things in quantity w/o having to get all that superfluous stuff like the rubble, sand and shells?

Spin

You can get them in a detrivore kit from www.inlandaquatics.com

 

[Seepu]

I have had my grunge in for 1 month now... and I have seen 2 TINY red worms, I THINK spaghetti worms in the sand, and... um... thats it. Oh.. I have seen a few tunnels against the glass.. maybe 3, and one of them was developing before the grunge!

I have seen some pods, or what I think are pods... I kinda thought pods were bigger. These things are tiny. Probably about 1/4 the size of this punctuation.... . TINY

All in all I wasnt impressed with what grunge did for my tank, and was certianly disapointed in the mess, and loosing my nice white sand!

 

[MT79]

have seen some pods, or what I think are pods... I kinda thought pods were bigger. These things are tiny. Probably about 1/4 the size of this punctuation.... . TINY

Sounds like you have copepods atleast. Amphipods are generally larger, about 1/8-1/4 inch.

 

[jd4g]

Seepu..... I added Garf Grundge to my tank a little over a month ago, too. Have seen a few small worms, no pods or microstars. But, what a mess it made! Lots of empty shells and shell pieces, a few small rocks, nothing larger than half an inch. The money I wasted would have been better spent on a few extra pounds of quality live rock.

 

[Feron]

<shrug> I kinda liked the 'natural' look of the shell pieces and what not... personal pref I spose.

 

[Seepu]

Like I said earlier in this thread, I would have liked some shells and such... What I got looks just like smashed up redish slate, with mud. I haven't seen any marine substrate that looks like this. It is almost rectangular in shape, imagine a flat, square-ish bacon bit. I tried to mix it in with my exsting sand, but these pieces being larger, tend to settle on top.

Oh well. Live and Learn.

 

[Feron]

I got a good bit of those bacon bits myself... was very curious as to what is was...
heh
mmmm bacon...

 

[Seepu]

LOL.. ya... I LOVE bacos!

I really think it's slate... I use various colored slate in my cichlid tanks, and the chips that come off of it when I break it to manageable pieces looks just like this.