A shot in the dark !?!?

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  1. Lady_Bobo

    Lady_Bobo Fire Worm

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    To start... I don't do drugs...;D

    A few last weeks ago, I notice someone burrowing under a rock, first he pulled a spare shell in to block and then started pushing the sand out...
    I though maybe another type of crab, one of the shrimp, or I actually had a mantis hitch hiker or something???
    I thought - "Hu - Weird"
    Last night I see - Him???
    I took my flash light to see If I could see who might be under there...
    It was soft bodied and what I see 1 1/2 inch wide - wrapped on the underside of the rock... when I flash the flash light on him he slithered <?> back under the rock...
    his movement was like how octopus move - how they roll almost...

    He was fairly flat bodies and a lighter beige with brown spot's...

    He is a hitch hiker but what?
    Any suggestions to google?
     
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  2. cdeboard

    cdeboard Montipora Digitata

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    Not sure about moving sand/shells.. but just based on soft and colorization and movement maybe a stomatela?
     
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  3. Lady_Bobo

    Lady_Bobo Fire Worm

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    from what I read they have a shell... I didn't see a shell...

    I am asking for pics... lol.. I really don't think i am going to get one ...
     
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  4. phoenixhieghts

    phoenixhieghts Panda Puffer

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    it wouldnt be the first time an octopus has hitchhiked. There was a thread on here from someone about 6 months ago who had a hitch hiked octo. He ended up keeping it if i remember correctly.
     
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  5. inwall75

    inwall75 Giant Squid

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    Actually, it happens quite often. They just don't usually survive the cycle and no one knows they even had one.
     
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  6. Lady_Bobo

    Lady_Bobo Fire Worm

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    Do they make dens?
    I will look for the post...
    what about Nudibranchs they would just kind of go around the tank....
     
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  7. inwall75

    inwall75 Giant Squid

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    Yes

    Nudibranchs move but they move slowly
     
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  8. divott

    divott Giant Squid

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    a brittle star?
     
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  9. IHAVEMTS

    IHAVEMTS Fire Shrimp

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    Ahhh the adventures of live rock.
     
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  10. Triplemom

    Triplemom Pajama Cardinal

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    He sounds mantis-like. Jwin's mantis will pull in shells to block her burrow opening and will push sand out. Her movements around rocks can be almost rolling like also, but she definitely has a shell. She is a smasher mantis (versus a slasher - sounds like a horror movie). At first, I couldn't hear the "clinking sounds" when she was banging on rocks, digging her tunnels. Justin could - but he's a lot younger than me! As she's grown bigger, I can hear the sounds now. It will be interesting to see what it turns out to be!
     
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