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10-09-2005, 09:07 PM
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| | Astrea Snail
Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Denver, CO Age: 26
Posts: 67
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|  What the __ is this?!!!
Ok, so I looked at my tank before bed...
and I see an arm eating scraps from a rock, it's kind of in between 2 rocks, and can only see silhouette- oh it's just my scarlet hermit... but wait- that arm is HUGE (compared to the scarlet's). He kept slowly moving farther into the shadows as he ate. So, I took it upon my self to move what he was under and took some quick pics, not knowing what id find....
What the hell is this?! 
Took that pic, then decided to turn on the acitnics to see him...
Here's a few of him scurrying back into the rock.   
Crazy that I've never seem something that big before (bout 1.5")...
What is it? _________ 
Setup:26 gal. bowfront (started 8/05) 130W PC. Fluval 304. 80 lbs. live rock.
LiveStock&Coral: Perc clown, Pygmy Angelfish, cleanr shrimp, Ricordia, Xenia, KenyaTree, shrooms, Lobo, Zoos, Hammer, green star, candy cane.
NEW! 6 gal nano at work. Osc clown, zoos, mushroom, clnr shrimp, g star, sun polyps | 
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10-09-2005, 09:21 PM
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| | KingFish
Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Pt. Richmond, Ca. Age: 38
Posts: 7,478
    | Re: What the __ is this?!!!
Whoa! 
I don't know what it is but I am scared! 
Did it look like it had a hard shell? | |
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10-09-2005, 09:24 PM
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| | Astrea Snail
Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Denver, CO Age: 26
Posts: 67
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| Re: What the __ is this?!!!
It just looked like a crab exoskeleton...
it was strong too, when it was running away it started to go under a 2lb flat piece of rock, and lifted the whole thing up... but, then decided against it I guess, and went into that hole. It was creepy. | |
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10-09-2005, 09:29 PM
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| | Astrea Snail
Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Denver, CO Age: 26
Posts: 67
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| Re: What the __ is this?!!!
Yeah- if anyone knows- please share! And more importantly, is it safe?! | |
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10-09-2005, 10:17 PM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Los Angeles, California Age: 21
Posts: 3,451
| Re: What the __ is this?!!!
Evil Mutant Spider Crab! Rum!!!!!!
edit: em...run not rum  _________ Tank Specs:
55 Gallon Mixed Reef
48" Tek Light: 4-54W T5 HO Fluorescents
Bulbs:
1 x 54w Fiji Purple T5 HO Fluorescent
1 x 54w Super Actinic Blue T5 HO Flourescent
1 x 54w 14000K AquaBlue 75/25 T5 HO Fluorescent
1 x 54w 10000k AquaSun T5 HO Fluorescent
Hard Stuff:
100+ lb. Fiji Live Rock
65+ lb. Live sand
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10-10-2005, 05:14 AM
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| | 3reef Moderator
Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Wethersfield, CT Age: 38
Posts: 6,344
| Re: What the __ is this?!!!
Do a google search for "chiton" and see if that's what you have | |
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10-10-2005, 06:17 AM
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| | Astrea Snail
Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Denver, CO Age: 26
Posts: 67
Karma: 20
| Re: What the __ is this?!!!
Hmmm, nope. mine was most definately a crab... hard to tell in the pics, since his legs/body pretty much stayed in that box shape. (untill the lights went on and he took off kind of sideways...) | |
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10-10-2005, 06:27 AM
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| | Peppermint Shrimp
Join Date: May 2005 Location: Riverside, RI Age: 36
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| Re: What the __ is this?!!!
mithrax but not a good one
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100 gal touch tank for propagation;Current Sunpod2 HQI @1400k HQI ,38 gal Korrall sump, ASM G-3 skimmer, Mag 9.5. Stock changes often
125 gal ;Aqualight Pro HQI 2 HQI@1400k / Compact Fluorescent/Lunar Light Fixture, 5 powerheads, 30 gal sump, mag 12(return),Ocean runner 3500(return through chiller), ASM G-3 skimmer, UV sterilizer, Artic chiller Tobacco bass, maroon clowns, Seriatopora guttatus, Seriatopora hystrix, capricornis, Acropora, Spongodes, porites, Turbinaria,Stylophora pistillata, etc
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10-10-2005, 11:15 AM
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#10 (permalink)
| | Astrea Snail
Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Denver, CO Age: 26
Posts: 67
Karma: 20
| Re: What the __ is this?!!!
So... if I see him again- try and get him out? What do you guys think? | |
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