TBS The Package to San Francisco

Blitzer · 04/06/2017, 02:47 PM

Ordered the Package last week. It got shipped to SFO via Southwest, and there was a slight delay which meant it arrived after the cargo office closed... so it sat in their warehouse overnight. Picked it up first thing Monday morning, got it all home, and opened it all up. Everything smelled fine, but found some dead crabs (various types, looked like a few porcelain, few stone crabs, and not sure about the others), as well as a two dead pistol shrimp

For the 2nd part of the shipment, will make sure I can get same day no matter what. Until then, fingers crossed that the reason the rock wasn't smelly was that everything had only just died...

Monitoring Ammonia (NH3) levels for the time being:
Day 0: 0
Day 1: .3
Day 2: .8
Day 3: 1.0 (10% water change performed after reading)
Day 4: today, will check again tonight

Been hearing some popping noises, but haven't spotted any culprits yet... quite a few snails, hermit crabs, and what looks like a very small whelk. Loads of great red, orange, and blue sponges and what looks like small brain corals and cup corals. Hundreds of small feather dusters, not sure if babies or what, but literally hundreds of them no bigger than .25-.5cm. Also a few anemones. I notice more things every time I study the rock, amazing the diversity of life!

Here's a photo after I put it all in the tank. Will do some scaping once things settle down:

Jessie2406 · 04/06/2017, 08:28 PM

Love their rock!

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Blitzer · 04/07/2017, 01:09 PM

Update, Ammonia back at 1. Found a dead snail, pulled him out, stunk real bad. Suspecting this was causing the spike so will check again tonight.

liverock · 04/10/2017, 07:49 AM

Sounds great . The Live rock this winter has had a lot of new growth . Last week it has been tough to dive with that last cold front . Should be our last one See ya

Blitzer · 04/10/2017, 11:28 AM

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Originally Posted by liverock

Sounds great . The Live rock this winter has had a lot of new growth . Last week it has been tough to dive with that last cold front . Should be our last one See ya

Awesome! Ammonia is now at 0, but I'm going out of town for the long weekend, so I'll email to arrange for the 2nd shipment next week.

04/06/2017, 02:47 PM	#1
Blitzer Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2017 Location: San Francisco Posts: 93	TBS The Package to San Francisco Ordered the Package last week. It got shipped to SFO via Southwest, and there was a slight delay which meant it arrived after the cargo office closed... so it sat in their warehouse overnight. Picked it up first thing Monday morning, got it all home, and opened it all up. Everything smelled fine, but found some dead crabs (various types, looked like a few porcelain, few stone crabs, and not sure about the others), as well as a two dead pistol shrimp For the 2nd part of the shipment, will make sure I can get same day no matter what. Until then, fingers crossed that the reason the rock wasn't smelly was that everything had only just died... Monitoring Ammonia (NH3) levels for the time being: Day 0: 0 Day 1: .3 Day 2: .8 Day 3: 1.0 (10% water change performed after reading) Day 4: today, will check again tonight Been hearing some popping noises, but haven't spotted any culprits yet... quite a few snails, hermit crabs, and what looks like a very small whelk. Loads of great red, orange, and blue sponges and what looks like small brain corals and cup corals. Hundreds of small feather dusters, not sure if babies or what, but literally hundreds of them no bigger than .25-.5cm. Also a few anemones. I notice more things every time I study the rock, amazing the diversity of life! Here's a photo after I put it all in the tank. Will do some scaping once things settle down:

04/10/2017, 07:49 AM	#4
liverock RC Sponsor Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Tampa Posts: 3,836	Sounds great . The Live rock this winter has had a lot of new growth . Last week it has been tough to dive with that last cold front . Should be our last one See ya __________________ Rock-On! Madelyn & Jocelyn www.tbsaltwater.com Find us on Instagram tbs_liverockrocks Current Tank Info: mixed reef

04/06/2017, 08:28 PM	#2
Jessie2406 Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2013 Posts: 103	Love their rock! Sent from my SPH-L720 using Tapatalk

04/07/2017, 01:09 PM	#3
Blitzer Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2017 Location: San Francisco Posts: 93	Update, Ammonia back at 1. Found a dead snail, pulled him out, stunk real bad. Suspecting this was causing the spike so will check again tonight.