Some of you may remember me asking about Garf Grunge, well Leroy called me a few days ago, and before I spoke with him, I had made up my mind to just skip it. But, he was very nice on the phone and talked with me for a while about my tank, and offered to send me 4 pounds shipped to my door for $21. I figured I'd give it a shot, at the very least, maybe it would help my coralline growth, and get some new colors in there.
I have heard so many people for it and against it, so I thought I would share my experience as well.
I got the package today, it was packed well and had a heat pack in there, and was of a decent temperature when I opened it.
First thing I noticed: I have read many people complain that the grunge was made of large rubble... I can't speak about the quality control, as this was the only time I have purchased it, but I had very little large pieces mixed in. In fact, the majority of it was a nice, light colored, very fine sand.
There were some small shells and tiny bits of rock mixed in here and there, but for the most part, it was all small stuff.
However, two large pieces stuck out immediately...
1) was a coral plug - no feelings either way on that really...
2) was a small rock, with 10-12 zoanthid polyps on it!!!
AND THEY ARE ALIVE
Right there, in the middle of the grunge, a rock with living coral on it!
They are not too happy yet of course, so they haven't opened yet, but I am fairly confident that they will make it.
There was a TON of small bits of coralline all over, which I was pleased with. Very nice colors too, lots of different shades of purple and pink.
It did of course cloud my tank like crazy when I first added it, but it cleared up for the most part within a few hours.
So, all in all, I got:
~ 3 pounds of fine live sand
~ 1/2 pounds very small rubble / shells
lots of bits of coralline algae
a few small bits of rock rubble
1 coral frag plug
10-12 zoa polyps
all for $21 shipped to my door!
So, that's one more vote FOR Garf Grunge. All in all, I was very pleased with my purchase, and if I was setting up a new tank, I'm pretty sure I would order some grunge again to help get things going.
I have heard so many people for it and against it, so I thought I would share my experience as well.
I got the package today, it was packed well and had a heat pack in there, and was of a decent temperature when I opened it.
First thing I noticed: I have read many people complain that the grunge was made of large rubble... I can't speak about the quality control, as this was the only time I have purchased it, but I had very little large pieces mixed in. In fact, the majority of it was a nice, light colored, very fine sand.
There were some small shells and tiny bits of rock mixed in here and there, but for the most part, it was all small stuff.
However, two large pieces stuck out immediately...
1) was a coral plug - no feelings either way on that really...
2) was a small rock, with 10-12 zoanthid polyps on it!!!
AND THEY ARE ALIVE
Right there, in the middle of the grunge, a rock with living coral on it!
They are not too happy yet of course, so they haven't opened yet, but I am fairly confident that they will make it.
There was a TON of small bits of coralline all over, which I was pleased with. Very nice colors too, lots of different shades of purple and pink.
It did of course cloud my tank like crazy when I first added it, but it cleared up for the most part within a few hours.
So, all in all, I got:
~ 3 pounds of fine live sand
~ 1/2 pounds very small rubble / shells
lots of bits of coralline algae
a few small bits of rock rubble
1 coral frag plug
10-12 zoa polyps
all for $21 shipped to my door!
So, that's one more vote FOR Garf Grunge. All in all, I was very pleased with my purchase, and if I was setting up a new tank, I'm pretty sure I would order some grunge again to help get things going.