New seed Rock

December 19, 2011

                                                     This is some of the best seed rock I have ever seen full of holes and almost pure calcium.

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MicroBacter7 Great start up. FREE with 30 lbs of Deco rock.

October 30, 2011
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Complete Bioculture for Establishing Biological Filtration & Rapidly Improving Water Quality www.brightwellaquatics.com for your full information .THis is great stuff for a new tank set up and adding live rock to a existing tank.

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Summer Live Rock is Here

June 6, 2011

The live rock this summer has lots of marine plants on the rocks and will stay through the end of the year now.

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Sponge ANEMONE found on FloridaLiveRock

December 8, 2010

This can sometimes  be mistaken as a aiptasia which it is not .This is a Sponge Anemone  order Actinaria. It sometimes is transparnet or translucent brownish tentacles marked with white bands and speckles. Oval disc brownish translucent with white speckles, occasionally has white center around oral opening. These are associated with sponges and grow from folds [...]

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Unusual Star Fish

December 4, 2010

Here is a star fish that needed to go a little faster so he grew a new leg. On Florida live rock sometimes not always will a star fish re-grow legs. I have seen some with three legs and other with seven . This type of star fish is reef safe and easy to care [...]

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BLUE SPONGE

November 24, 2010

This blue sponge is a little more tender it breaks easily and has to be feed alot more than the spike sponge.

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Orange spike sponge on Florida Aqua cultured Live Rock

November 24, 2010

These sponges grows like spikes shooting upwards and spreading along the surface of the rock creating other spikes at it travels along the surface..I have found them to be very hearty but also needing lots of food. Great for spreading from one rock to another. These grow on only a few of Florida Aqua cultured live [...]

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Codium on Rock aka DEAD MANS FINGER

November 19, 2010

This is the new winter plant coming in on some of the  rocks now. Its a super hardy type of algea that most fish don,t eat due to the rubbery texture .Iam sure this picture will end up on the net somewhere .

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Loading new rock onto boat.

November 19, 2010

Here Iam loading the dry rock into some baskets then loading on the boat to deploy for a new harvest in the future.This is back breaking work moving rocks around for over 20 yrs .

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WINTER BROWN ALGAE

November 11, 2010

The Sargassum plant is well adapted to the cooler water and grows rapidly during the winter months here in Florida. Several species attach to the substrate and grow in a bushy up right position. Long oval shaped blades may have smooth or straightened edges. Blades along the with clusters of spherical gas filled floats are [...]

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