how long do hitchhikers take to come out?

[Pallen81]

I've had my live rocks in my tank for 4 days and haven't seen any lifeforms. I look and look, but nothing.

I've read some posts and such, that say it can take days, weeks, or months before some animals come out of the rocks.

Is it possible I don't have any!?

 

[jojo22]

Could be days could be 6 months it all depends on the rock!!

Just wait they will show up!!

 

[NapoliNewJersey]

Hey Pallen ... I had my rock in there for 3 weeks and I didn't think I had anything going on either ... but 2 or 3 days ago I found a tiny emrald mithrax crab in the tank. It's fun looking too.

 

[FeatherDuster]

What type of hitchhikers have you been looking for and how long was your rock out of the water before you placed it in your tank? Also, have you tried viewing it at night with a special red light?

 

[Reefscape]

this a very open ended question really...as jojo stated above, it can take months, sometimes, for things to start showing their faces out of the rock....night time viewing is always recomended with the preverbial red light torch...

Niko

 

[Pallen81]

What type of hitchhikers have you been looking for and how long was your rock out of the water before you placed it in your tank? Also, have you tried viewing it at night with a special red light?

22 lbs of live rock out of water 2 days

8 lbs of live rock out of water about 5 minutes. hehe. store is REALLY close.

 

[NapoliNewJersey]

hey featherduster ... where can I get a redlight to checkout my tank ... I heard you say it weeks ago and I've looked but to no avail.

 

[jojo22]

Just use a flashlight with a red lense, the Army surplus store should have a few extras laying around.

 

[Germanman]

yea the flashlight is the beast way u can even just use a regular one and try to catch things as they run for cover...lol. ur rick might have just not had to much...most the rock around my town is boring...but only time will tell.

 

[lotuskid]

I've had my live rocks in my tank for 4 days and haven't seen any lifeforms. I look and look, but nothing.

I've read some posts and such, that say it can take days, weeks, or months before some animals come out of the rocks.

Is it possible I don't have any!?

Had my rock for about 3 month now and still finding new things. Some things i've only seen once then they've disappeared again.
Keep looking i'm sure you'll soon see something. Most things will start very small so look hard .