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mndfreeze · 11/20/2011, 02:43 AM

I love these threads. Everyone is so paranoid about pests but half the time the pests are cooler then the other stuff.

I can't wait to get my shipment of TBS rock since its straight out of the gulf, shipped in water, specifically so I have millions of itty bitty microlife. My first tank was a sterile dry rock start, with a tiny piece of carefully cured live rock. I STILL GOT ALL THE BAD PESTS EVENTUALLY. ;/ Flatworms, hydroids, predator worms, etc, etc. Other people's tanks are worse then the rock right out of the ocean it seems.

Except for crabs, those guys are numerous in this style of live rock, but its a mantis tankm, so free food for him.

11/20/2011, 02:43 AM	#54
mndfreeze Invert Sexy Time! Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Tempe, AZ Posts: 2,255	I love these threads. Everyone is so paranoid about pests but half the time the pests are cooler then the other stuff. I can't wait to get my shipment of TBS rock since its straight out of the gulf, shipped in water, specifically so I have millions of itty bitty microlife. My first tank was a sterile dry rock start, with a tiny piece of carefully cured live rock. I STILL GOT ALL THE BAD PESTS EVENTUALLY. ;/ Flatworms, hydroids, predator worms, etc, etc. Other people's tanks are worse then the rock right out of the ocean it seems. Except for crabs, those guys are numerous in this style of live rock, but its a mantis tankm, so free food for him.