How can I tell if the LFS sold me DEAD Live Rock?

"Wayne Sallee" wrote in message ...
If you have a web site, you can post a picture for
everyone to look at.

And if you do not have a website you can use
one of many services like photobucket.com etc.

Look at the post below this with the picture of teh Leather coral - does
your rock look like this?

If yes then your rock is perfectly healthy. If not take a picture and we
will have a look and let you have an oppinion...

~m

"Noah Body" wrote in message
...
Simply put ... this live rock looks like it's had it's day, but I can't
tell what to look for because this is the first rock I have ever
purchased? ... Can somebody tell me what to look for or give me an email
to send a couple of high quality pics of my rock to you?


Caper

Okay .. I have just learned how to put pics on a website and add URL's to
them so that you can click on them. . . and I thought I knew everything.
.... anyway's .. here's the links to the pics for my live rock.



http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n...3/DSC06243.jpg
http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n...3/DSC06242.jpg
http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n...3/DSC06241.jpg
http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n...3/DSC06239.jpg
http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n...3/DSC06238.jpg
http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n...3/DSC06237.jpg
http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n...3/DSC06236.jpg
http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n...3/DSC06235.jpg
http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n...3/DSC06234.jpg
http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n...3/DSC06232.jpg


PS: the water level is low in the pic because I am doing a water change and
can't find the salt to make up some more.. so I'm off to the LFS now. Also
... I just put in a powerhead and it just blasted into the crushed coral,
sending a covering of white "sand" all over my live rock, so now I have to
shake it off of everything. Does this happen to other setup's? ... I feel
like I should have washed all the fine's out of the coral before putting it
in ... if I distrub the bed in the slightest .. I get white crushed coral
all over everything .... which I don't like.


Caper

Yea most people usually like to wash the coral sand before
putting it in the aquarium. But bacteria will slowly grow
and will reduce the amount of this, as the bacteria helps
hold it together, and helps filter it out.

Wayne Sallee
Wayne's Pets



Noah Body wrote on 8/15/2006 10:15 AM:
Okay .. I have just learned how to put pics on a website and add URL's to
them so that you can click on them. . . and I thought I knew everything.
.... anyway's .. here's the links to the pics for my live rock.



http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n...3/DSC06243.jpg
http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n...3/DSC06242.jpg
http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n...3/DSC06241.jpg
http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n...3/DSC06239.jpg
http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n...3/DSC06238.jpg
http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n...3/DSC06237.jpg
http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n...3/DSC06236.jpg
http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n...3/DSC06235.jpg
http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n...3/DSC06234.jpg
http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n...3/DSC06232.jpg


PS: the water level is low in the pic because I am doing a water change and
can't find the salt to make up some more.. so I'm off to the LFS now. Also
... I just put in a powerhead and it just blasted into the crushed coral,
sending a covering of white "sand" all over my live rock, so now I have to
shake it off of everything. Does this happen to other setup's? ... I feel
like I should have washed all the fine's out of the coral before putting it
in ... if I distrub the bed in the slightest .. I get white crushed coral
all over everything .... which I don't like.


Caper

I hope you didn't get charged for more than base rock prices....
It's probably live, but not very lively :-)

Noah Body wrote:

Okay .. I have just learned how to put pics on a website and add URL's to
them so that you can click on them. . . and I thought I knew everything.
... anyway's .. here's the links to the pics for my live rock.



http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n...3/DSC06243.jpg
http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n...3/DSC06242.jpg
http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n...3/DSC06241.jpg
http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n...3/DSC06239.jpg
http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n...3/DSC06238.jpg
http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n...3/DSC06237.jpg
http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n...3/DSC06236.jpg
http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n...3/DSC06235.jpg
http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n...3/DSC06234.jpg
http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n...3/DSC06232.jpg


PS: the water level is low in the pic because I am doing a water change and
can't find the salt to make up some more.. so I'm off to the LFS now. Also
.. I just put in a powerhead and it just blasted into the crushed coral,
sending a covering of white "sand" all over my live rock, so now I have to
shake it off of everything. Does this happen to other setup's? ... I feel
like I should have washed all the fine's out of the coral before putting it
in ... if I distrub the bed in the slightest .. I get white crushed coral
all over everything .... which I don't like.


Caper





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Thanks for taking a peek at the pics Ric. On the glass was a big " 30
% OFF" sticker and after telling the guy my life story about just getting
into reef tanks, he didn't charge me any tax either.... so I paid $83.00
Canadian for 10.5 pounds of rock. and as far as getting it "lively" .. I can
only assume from you looking at my pics that it's not exactly TEAMING with
life? ..


"RicSeyler" wrote in message
.. .
I hope you didn't get charged for more than base rock prices....
It's probably live, but not very lively :-)

Noah Body wrote:

Okay .. I have just learned how to put pics on a website and add URL's to
them so that you can click on them. . . and I thought I knew everything.
... anyway's .. here's the links to the pics for my live rock.



http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n...3/DSC06243.jpg
http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n...3/DSC06242.jpg
http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n...3/DSC06241.jpg
http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n...3/DSC06239.jpg
http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n...3/DSC06238.jpg
http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n...3/DSC06237.jpg
http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n...3/DSC06236.jpg
http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n...3/DSC06235.jpg
http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n...3/DSC06234.jpg
http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n...3/DSC06232.jpg


PS: the water level is low in the pic because I am doing a water change
and can't find the salt to make up some more.. so I'm off to the LFS now.
Also .. I just put in a powerhead and it just blasted into the crushed
coral, sending a covering of white "sand" all over my live rock, so now I
have to shake it off of everything. Does this happen to other setup's? ...
I feel like I should have washed all the fine's out of the coral before
putting it in ... if I distrub the bed in the slightest .. I get white
crushed coral all over everything .... which I don't like.


Caper



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Noah Body wrote:

Thanks for taking a peek at the pics Ric. On the glass was a big " 30
% OFF" sticker and after telling the guy my life story about just getting
into reef tanks, he didn't charge me any tax either.... so I paid $83.00
Canadian for 10.5 pounds of rock. and as far as getting it "lively" .. I can
only assume from you looking at my pics that it's not exactly TEAMING with
life? ..


I looks like what is sold generally as "base rock". But I'll tell you
one thing, you never know
what might pop out of it in the future, even a year or more later. And
after a while with proper CAL
levels you will get coralline on it. And you got plenty of places to
attach corals :-)


"RicSeyler" wrote in message
. ..


I hope you didn't get charged for more than base rock prices....
It's probably live, but not very lively :-)

Noah Body wrote:



Okay .. I have just learned how to put pics on a website and add URL's to
them so that you can click on them. . . and I thought I knew everything.
... anyway's .. here's the links to the pics for my live rock.



http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n...3/DSC06243.jpg
http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n...3/DSC06242.jpg
http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n...3/DSC06241.jpg
http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n...3/DSC06239.jpg
http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n...3/DSC06238.jpg
http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n...3/DSC06237.jpg
http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n...3/DSC06236.jpg
http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n...3/DSC06235.jpg
http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n...3/DSC06234.jpg
http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n...3/DSC06232.jpg


PS: the water level is low in the pic because I am doing a water change
and can't find the salt to make up some more.. so I'm off to the LFS now.
Also .. I just put in a powerhead and it just blasted into the crushed
coral, sending a covering of white "sand" all over my live rock, so now I
have to shake it off of everything. Does this happen to other setup's? ...
I feel like I should have washed all the fine's out of the coral before
putting it in ... if I distrub the bed in the slightest .. I get white
crushed coral all over everything .... which I don't like.


Caper




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GPL Handicap 6.35

http://www.pcola.gulf.net/~ricseyler
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--------------------------------------
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http://www.pcola.gulf.net/~ricseyler
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--------------------------------------
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* Noah Body wrote, On 8/15/2006 9:15 AM:
Okay .. I have just learned how to put pics on a website and add URL's to
them so that you can click on them. . . and I thought I knew everything.
... anyway's .. here's the links to the pics for my live rock.

Good job. Maybe someday I'll learn how to do that....
Not too lively, is it...but nice-shaped pieces!

PS: the water level is low in the pic because I am doing a water change and
can't find the salt to make up some more.. so I'm off to the LFS now. Also
.. I just put in a powerhead and it just blasted into the crushed coral,
sending a covering of white "sand" all over my live rock, so now I have to
shake it off of everything. Does this happen to other setup's? ... I feel
like I should have washed all the fine's out of the coral before putting it
in ... if I distrub the bed in the slightest .. I get white crushed coral
all over everything .... which I don't like.

Yeah, rinse, rinse and rinse again. Even rinse SAND. I set up a 150 FO tank
years and years ago using crushed oyster shell from a feed store over an
under-gravel filter.
Rinsed it outside in winter in Montana, froze my FINGERS off, among other
things. What a mess. Stuff compacted nastily, too, but I had a nice
well-buffered healthy tank for a long time.

Cindy

I just did a 20 % water change, added another AquaClear 150 to the back of
the tank, and also added a 201 powerhead. I know can see the difference in
the water movement., but one thing I did notice is that now I have a so
called "pest" clinging to the side of my glass. I think it's called Aptasia.
I know that this type is a pest and to kill it as soon as you find it, but
since this is my very first living thing in the tank as far as the live rock
is concerned .. I'm going to watch it for a few days before removing it.
I'll post a pic of it and you tell me for sure if it's a pest or not.

Caper

Just a quick update. I have now found worms ... long worms with protruding
"feathers" down it's side in even clumps, and also .. "fleas" .. they look
like fleas on a dog, but have long "feelers" on it's head.
ps: this is through a cheap magnifying glass by the way ... not with
the naked eye.
I'm going to search the wonderful net now and see if I can find a pic of the
worm