Recent content by liverocks727

Mantis Absolutely, positively, pretty li'l thing.

Pomme if you go to "premiumaquatics.com" They have an awesome chiller there for $349.00 that will drop temperature30-degrees in a 75-gal. and 10-degrees in a 110-gal.. Some people are even using them on 150-gal. systems if you dont need much temperature drop. It is a 1000-BTU,1/10 HP 110 volts -...

The first pic is some type of pistol shrimp. and a hairy stone crab, Stone crab is baad very bad. Will destroy many good things. The second and third pic's are Porcelain crabs, totaly harmless filteer feeders. Watch them as they pull there arms with fans on the end back and forth to feed off the...

I have shipped 1,000s of lbs. rock all over the US. for the last 3 years and even in the winter we had no problems with die off. When people started to dip our rock we started to get complaints about die off,and spikes. Think about it, if it irritates a mantis or crab, what must it do to all the...

I think I missunderstood what You are doing. You are dipping in carbonated salt water. Hmmm? That just might work and keep all the life forms alive. Let me know please. If it does, then that is the best idea I've ever heard. Please keep me posted. I tried a dip in pure R/O. for (1) minute...

What type of rock do you have? Fiji, Tonga, haitian, Aquacultured??? If it is Aqua cultured LR. then you will kill all of the micro-organisms and it will definitely spike your tank. providing it was shipped fresh overnite. We tested a R.O. dip for (1) minute, and it killed off the toughest...

OHIO REEFER,,, "Ron of Triton" here. Your second and third pic's are of a porcelain crab. This type of crab is a filter feeder. If you will look close while it is in your tank, you will see it swinging it's two fore arms back and forth and at the ends of those arms you will see a very fine...

Aquaticreefsystems.com has great prices, and an awsome technical support division. Check em out: Aquaticreefsystems.com "Ron of Triton"

That is definitely a Pistol shrimp. I have 3 pairs in my office tank there great, (30) gal. "Ron of Triton"

Got bait, I did not take your opinion personally, I believe it is an awesome idea to QT the rock, and your description of curing in the rubber maid is great. In regards to first in first out mix it all up, that we definitely do not do. All of our fresh harvests are set in separate tanks. In fact...

Hypostomus, Hi "Ron of Triton" here. we sell a aquacultured live rock that is brought in on our boats with hundred of life forms. We transport it in baskets covered with a wet blanket. Then the rock is put into 1, 000 gal tanks for 3-5 days, with giant skimmers to skim and cure the small...

Your welcome, hope you enjoy your reef as much as we do ours. "Ron of Triton"

Sea cucumbers are not poisonous, they are consumed through out the world as a delicacy. Second sea cucumbers are a filter feeder. I have never heard of anybody having a problem with them. I have 3 in my office tank 30 gal. for over three years and they have been great. My partner has had his for...