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04-09-2008, 08:28 AM
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| | 3reef Sponsor
Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Va/Ct
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I for sure is not a Harlequin shrimp (: It's still moving once they pounce and envenomate the star is done for it seldom moves again None I have ever seen walked or crawled away once the Harlequins got their pincher's on one. _________ Some of the world's greatest feats were accomplished by people not smart enough to know they were impossible (Doug Larson) | 
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04-09-2008, 08:58 AM
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#12 (permalink)
| | Feather Star
Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Tulsa, Ok Age: 28
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Originally Posted by Tangster  I for sure is not a Harlequin shrimp (: It's still moving once they pounce and envenomate the star is done for it seldom moves again None I have ever seen walked or crawled away once the Harlequins got their pincher's on one. | yeah thats why we dont have Harlequin's, peppermints for aptasia control, skunk for cleaning the tangs they both love him and the coral banded for the clowns, for some reason the clowns wont go near the skunk but they like the coral banded, little bastards _________ 24G JBJ Nano, 20# Live Sand, 40# Live Rock
Rose BTA, Kenya Tree, Frogspawn, Xenia, bubble coral
Blue/Green Chromis, 2x Black & White Percs, Dragon Goby
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04-09-2008, 09:09 AM
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#13 (permalink)
| | Gnarly Old Codfish
Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Silverdale, Washington Age: 58
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Originally Posted by Tangster I for sure is not a Harlequin shrimp (: It's still moving once they pounce and envenomate the star is done for it seldom moves again None I have ever seen walked or crawled away once the Harlequins got their pincher's on one. | Another observation I made with my Harlequins, is they usually did not eat one leg off at a time.
They usually worked their way around starfish eating towards center. Keeping star alive as long as possible... 
If you had a harlequin in tank, you would know it.    _________ AG "125," AquaC EV 180, 30 gal sump, "SCWD", 80 lbs LR, CoralSeaLife "Moonlite" Hood, PFO 250W HQI Mini-Pendant (SPS HQI 14000k bulb)
12 Gallon NanoCube - 24w stock PC 50/50 light "...nothing good ever happens fast in a reef tank, only bad things happen fast..."
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04-09-2008, 09:14 AM
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#14 (permalink)
| | Feather Star
Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Tulsa, Ok Age: 28
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yeah their freaky looking, they actually kind of resemble a mantis somewhat in the facial area imo | |
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04-09-2008, 09:17 AM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Miami Age: 39
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Thats a pretty harly Omard, I miss my pair. My Eng. goby ate my Harly's and all of my peppers. Damn him!!!!!! _________ 9YR OLD 90G 30G w/d Mag18 150G skimmer 692w MH,yel&kole tang,foxface,midas&convict blenny,B&G chromies,Blk/yel fin chromie blackcap,nemo,neon goby,6line; Blastomussa Merleti,Acan ,BUBBLE,Torch,LTA, Goniopora(2), Acropora(2),Brain, Moon, assort zoas, yel& G star polyps, R&G open brain, P&B ricordia, montiporas, cup&candy corals, enias,B/G mush,flower ane(2), cherry red mussa, dusters,cleaning crew  | |
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04-09-2008, 09:47 AM
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#16 (permalink)
| | Gnarly Old Codfish
Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Silverdale, Washington Age: 58
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Originally Posted by lunatik_69 Thats a pretty harly Omard, I miss my pair. My Eng. goby ate my Harly's and all of my peppers. Damn him!!!!!! | 
Overtemp killed off mine.
But were great fun while I had them. 
(at $80+ for a pair of the colorful "Hawaiian" variety, seems to been other priorites for reef $$$. I will replace one day...) | |
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