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Nitrate

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Just curious about what I might be missing…..

2 1/2 months after putting 100 lbs of gulf rock from liverocks.com in my tank I have found:
2 Brittle stars
2 different kinds of Cukes
About 6 very small hermits
Around 20 or so snails
3 Mantis
20 or so crabs, at least 2 different kinds, maybe 3
Sponges
Glass anemones
2 different kinds of coral
1000's of bivalves ranging from 1/16 inch to 2 1/2 inches
A few feather dusters
Several tube worms
3 baby urchins
Pods galore
And several odd things that I'm not smart enough to name
 
Besides that........ in my 40lbs for LRs.com I have found
Tons of mini dusters.
Aptasia (working on it)
2 brittle stars
8-10 crabs
4 pistol shrimp
a few coral polyps
bunch of worms including a 6" bristle
sponges
bivalves by the bunch
bunch of tube worms
6-7 snails
tons of pods
I'm happy :D :D
 
The one thing I just found was a large crab living in my tank. The rock he is living in I have had in the tank for 3 years now, funny how I just spotted him this week. He has not bothered a thing that I can see and he does not look hairy.....whew
I have decided to leave him for now until I see different.

I have found tons of things on my rock never a Mantis so I feel lucky with that.

I love looking at my tank when the lights have been off for 2 or so hours, always something new.

Kaye
 
tons of crabs. and only 2 of them were good. i have a reef tank so i only like the filter feeders. i did get one orange linkia star fish but i have not seen him since he was put in the tank so i dont know if he is just hiding good or if he dies. he was small very small.
 
The last time I got
1 lrg brittle star
1 sm. brittle star
1 lrg lavender serpant star
2 porcilin crabs
plenty of aps. but the peps took care of it.
at least 1 pistol shrimp
and 1 mantis.

tons of other stuff

and I just found a crab in my tank that looks like a rock? Looks like if he was to pull his pinchers close to him he wouls just look like part of one of the rocks. Don't know if he's good or bad. :oops:
 
had one like that and saw him move when i was feeding the lta some fish he was trying to eat the fish so now he is no more. did he have some hair on his back and what color was yours?
 
My LR.com rocks were packed with:

A Srimp Goby!
Tons of Feather Dusters
Snails
Crabs (a few are Porcelain)
Bristle Worms
Fire Worm
Unknown Yellow Worm
Sponges
Clams or Oysters ?
Mantis Shrimp (caught in the bag)
Pistol Shrimp or a Mantis (I think its a pistol)
Brittle starfish (red and a few grey ones)
Spaghetti Worms

and thats what I've seen so far.
 
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