Harbor Aquatics
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Pete: Looking forward to seeing you tomorrow. We are still doing a bunch of remodeling so don't expect to see much new. In fact, our selection of clams and SPS's are still dreadfully low because work is still going on on those systems and I don't order livestock when I am changing stuff. I'm just waiting for electrical work to be completed for the new fish system and the move of the SPS and clams. Live Rock is doing great as always however, in addition to softies and LPS.
I bought 100 lbs. on April 26th from Harbor Aquatics. I have had virtually no ammonia spike at all. Nitrites went slightly up, but my live sand bed wasn't fully mature, so it could be residual from that as well.
Most of the Sargassum seaweed on my live rocks has been munched down by critters or died back, apparently because I have too much light. In it's place, I have identified at least 11 different types of plants or macro-algae, most of which look better than the Sargassum anyway.
I think there has been at least one reproductive cycle from the micro-critters, because I have seen a recent explosion of copepods on the glass, worm trails in the sand, swimming worms that come out during my simulated dusk phase. (Tank lights off, with weak room lights still on.) Tiny unidentified snails less than 2mm in length. Amphipods making little burrows under shells and in the holes in the rocks. (Appearing to prey on the copepods)
In addition, larger creatures that hitch-hiked include (at minimum):
6 Stomatella snails
1 Large snail (Believed to be a whelk, but so far has not preyed on the Stomatellas. Seems to dig through the sand for food.)
2 Bristleworms
4 other worms (look like small earthworms, possibly peanut worms)
1 unidentified strange Nudibranch (seems to be growing, although apparently Nudibranches are specialized feeders)
1 unidentified light avoiding anemone
1 small clam (Possibly some more in some rocks)
1 larger clam (Spondylus varians possibly)
2 unidentified starfishes (1 possibly if starfishes can change color from white/orange to blue/brown)
2 black sea cucumbers
Some pictures are on this thread:
New Live Rock
[ May 08, 2002: Message edited by: Super Cow ]</p>
Most of the Sargassum seaweed on my live rocks has been munched down by critters or died back, apparently because I have too much light. In it's place, I have identified at least 11 different types of plants or macro-algae, most of which look better than the Sargassum anyway.
I think there has been at least one reproductive cycle from the micro-critters, because I have seen a recent explosion of copepods on the glass, worm trails in the sand, swimming worms that come out during my simulated dusk phase. (Tank lights off, with weak room lights still on.) Tiny unidentified snails less than 2mm in length. Amphipods making little burrows under shells and in the holes in the rocks. (Appearing to prey on the copepods)
In addition, larger creatures that hitch-hiked include (at minimum):
6 Stomatella snails
1 Large snail (Believed to be a whelk, but so far has not preyed on the Stomatellas. Seems to dig through the sand for food.)
2 Bristleworms
4 other worms (look like small earthworms, possibly peanut worms)
1 unidentified strange Nudibranch (seems to be growing, although apparently Nudibranches are specialized feeders)
1 unidentified light avoiding anemone
1 small clam (Possibly some more in some rocks)
1 larger clam (Spondylus varians possibly)
2 unidentified starfishes (1 possibly if starfishes can change color from white/orange to blue/brown)
2 black sea cucumbers
Some pictures are on this thread:
New Live Rock
[ May 08, 2002: Message edited by: Super Cow ]</p>
<blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by Basil63:
<strong>Hey JT,
Any idea when your website will be up and functional? Its been almost a month now...
Basil63</strong><hr></blockquote>
Harbor's site has been functional all along. JT is in the middle of revamping it now- I got a sneak peek at some of the new formatting about 4 hours ago.
<strong>Hey JT,
Any idea when your website will be up and functional? Its been almost a month now...
Basil63</strong><hr></blockquote>
Harbor's site has been functional all along. JT is in the middle of revamping it now- I got a sneak peek at some of the new formatting about 4 hours ago.
<blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by M.E.Milz:
<strong>Do you contemplate offering any deals on large packages??</strong><hr></blockquote>
*nod* This is something planned for the near future as well. Can't go into specifics in this forum.
<strong>Do you contemplate offering any deals on large packages??</strong><hr></blockquote>
*nod* This is something planned for the near future as well. Can't go into specifics in this forum.
<blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by Super Cow:
<strong>
In addition, larger creatures that hitch-hiked include (at minimum):
6 Stomatella snails
1 Large snail (Believed to be a whelk, but so far has not preyed on the Stomatellas. Seems to dig through the sand for food.)
2 Bristleworms
4 other worms (look like small earthworms, possibly peanut worms)
1 unidentified strange Nudibranch (seems to be growing, although apparently Nudibranches are specialized feeders)
1 unidentified light avoiding anemone
1 small clam (Possibly some more in some rocks)
1 larger clam (Spondylus varians possibly)
2 unidentified starfishes (1 possibly if starfishes can change color from white/orange to blue/brown)
2 black sea cucumbers
</strong><hr></blockquote>
heh, How did you count all the worms , stomatella, etc in 100# of rock?
Jt, I look forward to coming back soon. When will the store be fully stocked again? My tank wants more clams!
jeff
<strong>
In addition, larger creatures that hitch-hiked include (at minimum):
6 Stomatella snails
1 Large snail (Believed to be a whelk, but so far has not preyed on the Stomatellas. Seems to dig through the sand for food.)
2 Bristleworms
4 other worms (look like small earthworms, possibly peanut worms)
1 unidentified strange Nudibranch (seems to be growing, although apparently Nudibranches are specialized feeders)
1 unidentified light avoiding anemone
1 small clam (Possibly some more in some rocks)
1 larger clam (Spondylus varians possibly)
2 unidentified starfishes (1 possibly if starfishes can change color from white/orange to blue/brown)
2 black sea cucumbers
</strong><hr></blockquote>
heh, How did you count all the worms , stomatella, etc in 100# of rock?
Jt, I look forward to coming back soon. When will the store be fully stocked again? My tank wants more clams!
jeff
scooterr
<blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote
Those are minimum quantities. I literally counted 5 different snails at one time, all being visible. (And the shells and sizes are actually distinctive...I must spend too much time watching the things) There could be more. Also the worms seem to be coming out of the same holes every night. I believe I have seen 3 concurrently.
And regarding the two starfish...I have seen two similarly sized starfish with completely different color schemes. (My son things the legs are different sized, though as the lengths are somewhat lopsided.)
<blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote
Those are minimum quantities. I literally counted 5 different snails at one time, all being visible. (And the shells and sizes are actually distinctive...I must spend too much time watching the things) There could be more. Also the worms seem to be coming out of the same holes every night. I believe I have seen 3 concurrently.
And regarding the two starfish...I have seen two similarly sized starfish with completely different color schemes. (My son things the legs are different sized, though as the lengths are somewhat lopsided.)
<blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by Basil63:
<strong>Hey JT,
Any idea when your website will be up and functional? Its been almost a month now...
</strong><hr></blockquote>
*yawn*
No rest for the wicked I guess. Back to the salt mines for me.
<strong>Hey JT,
Any idea when your website will be up and functional? Its been almost a month now...
</strong><hr></blockquote>
*yawn*
No rest for the wicked I guess. Back to the salt mines for me.
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