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Live rock hitchhikers

jd120988

jd120988

Just got some live rock in today with some less than desirable hitchhikers. Bobbits, pistol shrimp, some odd crabs and a peppermint shrimp. I may keep the peppermint. Free if anybody wants them. I'd hate to flush them as they're pretty cool but they aren't making the cut in my tank. Pickup brick 08723.
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diana a

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There is still hope that there is a mantis in the rocks. Mine must have been so small that it had just been born when the rocks were collected. There was no sound for approx 3 month then the very faint clicking started. It wasn't until the rocks were in the tank for 7 months that I realized what it could be. Someone I know on R2R is trying to remove a mantis from her KP rocks too.
 
jd120988

jd120988

diana a said:
There is still hope that there is a mantis in the rocks. Mine must have been so small that it had just been born when the rocks were collected. There was no sound for approx 3 month then the very faint clicking started. It wasn't until the rocks were in the tank for 7 months that I realized what it could be. Someone I know on R2R is trying to remove a mantis from her KP rocks too.
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I hear the 4 pistol shrimp I found clicking like crazy. I tossed them in my sump. I know there's plenty of stuff that is still in the rocks and I'm excited to see what comes out. I have a spare 20 gallon sitting around that I may grab a stand for tomorrow and set it up to observe. Right now I have the rock in a 5 gallon bucket with a heater and powerhead. I thought the delivery was coming next week based off kpa websites shipping schedule, then yesterday night i received a surprise email that my package shipped so I had zero time to get ready lol. All good though I can't complain about an earlier than expected delivery. They really did well with the packaging I seen minimal die off. It was a few starfish and some spaghetti worms from what I found.
 
jd120988

jd120988

Yes still available. I have the bobbits and crabs in a sandwich bag in the bucket with the live rock and I moved the 4 pistol shrimp to my sump for now so their separate from the worms. I'm not sure how long I can keep the eunice worms like this or if there's a better way to keep them temporarily. I also found a small gorilla Crab which is in with the worms.
 
Justin Teufel

Justin Teufel

jd120988 said:
Pending pickup. They have the white ring so they're bobbit worms. There is an oddball which is lighter in color so that may be a medusa or something else I'm not really sure.
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Ok thats pretty cool! If something does happen or not all of the critters were picked up, I would like a crab if possible or really whatever is left at that point.
 
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