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08-13-2006, 03:15 PM
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| | Feather Duster
Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Homestead, Florida Age: 44
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Someone gave me this and it looked too interesting to pass up. it is some kind of a snail or the like, the big difference is the spots on his shell are his mantle or part of his body that slides on the outside of his shell. If you touch or disturb him he slides all his spots off and into the shell and then the shell is just a polished white shell. trippy! Anyhoo, I think he is eating my sea fan. I need to find out if he is going to slowly eat my various corals or what. Thanks in advance. _________ 90g AGmegaflow, 30g Sump/refug, mag18 recirc, 2 mag 5's in tank JBJ235Watt PC Turboflotor1000 150LR 100LS 17corals Clown,Lawnmower Blenny, Chromis, Anthia, 3 emerald, 1 electric blueleg,3 scarlet crabs.  &&&&Another Great SIG By NAUTILUS | 
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08-13-2006, 05:11 PM
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| | Spaghetti Worm
Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: montreal, QC,Quebec Age: 29
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looks like its a flamingo tongue snail it does eat sea fan, sea rod coral and other soft and hard corals. _________ 
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RBTA, Montipora digitata, Ricordea, Green star polyps, Button polyps, Zo's, Finger leather, Pulsing xenia, Mushrooms
Skunk cleaner shrimp,Hermits and snails
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08-13-2006, 05:30 PM
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| | Eyelash Blennie
Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Lakeland, Fl
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90 Gallon glass, 135#'s of rock and 2" sand. 2-250w 20k XM metal halides. 2-95 watt actinic VHO, 4 powerheads, Coralife skimmer. Maroon Gold Striped Clown, Blue Chromis, Kole Tang, Pygmy Angel, Serpent Star, Brittle Star,Gorgonians, Mushrooms, Yellow Polyps, Turbo Snails & Blue Legged Hermits. 20 gal sump with Caulerpa, Mag 7 return pump. | |
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08-13-2006, 06:26 PM
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| | Sea Dragon
Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: New Berlin, WI Age: 29
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It's really too bad that bugger likes to digest corals. It looks awsome! | |
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08-13-2006, 07:22 PM
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| | Spaghetti Worm
Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Georgetown, KY
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I was diving in Puerto rico a few weeks ago and there were alot of these everywhere. My buddy (who was a local) would remove them from any coral and and feed them to the anemones, they seemed to love them!!!
He referred to them as ticks!! they were destroying all of the soft corals there. Id say get them out of your tank before they eat everything. They are pretty neat to look at though.
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08-13-2006, 11:46 PM
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| | Scooter Blennie
Join Date: Sep 2005 Age: 26
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Those are awesome. If you can satisfy his needs, I think he is an awesome addition. 
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08-14-2006, 01:44 PM
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| | Feather Duster
Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Homestead, Florida Age: 44
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Thanks All, great article Diver. And awesome avitar acenia i had to go back and look at my pic again to see cuz those are close. It does look awesome and my kids love it but I saw him on top of my mushroom and knocked him off cuz I knew he wasn't up there for a nap. lol if I could get him to dine on some of my more rapid reproducing corals , id say thumbs up, but not worth the risk. back to the briny he goes. | |
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