Our Tampa Bay Live Rock


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Before the package:

just waiting


The package - part one

it's here

time to take a closer look - ahh sponges

and another neat sponge

neat colored algae too

a shell on the rock

a feather duster

spread out and looking for mantis

time to take a closer look - ahh sponges

this one's ok - just a pistol shrimp

found a bad one - MANTIS!

this mantis was a little easier to catch

what's this - an octopus!

we named our octopus Elli

we soon found out that we also had octopus eggs

and a Peterson shrimp


The package - part two

back from the airport

the critters getting adjusted in the sump

more critters getting adjusted with a drip from the main tank

the saltwater dip/swish tank and the squirting tank

2:30 AM and everything is in the tank - not arranged BUT in the tank

look at our flame scallop now - it will soon tuck itself away in a dark crevass and it's best to leave it there

the snails in their new home

take a look at this - a snail carrying a cucumber AND a decorator crab

an orange clump sponge

neat coral

a gorgonian I think, let me know if I'm wrong please

green paint brush macro algae

red clump sponge

corky gorgonian

coral on rock

an orange and red tree sponge

I think this is a candelabra gorgonian - let me know if I'm wrong please

another gorgonian I think, let me know if I'm wrong please

anemone - can anyone tell me what kind this is?

more coral

decorator crab

feather duster

finally - everything rearranged

the two tanks together - still need to get everything enclosed