Never seen one of these before..

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  1. irr0001

    irr0001 Purple Tang

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    Thought this was pretty cool..thought I'd share. Says it requires daily feeding and what not so it's out of my league!

    Ivan
     
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  3. ivydog

    ivydog Feather Duster

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    i seen that like 2 days ago and i thought it would be cool as hell but then read about it so needless to say i wount be getting 1 any time soon
     
  4. getinpora

    getinpora Coral Banded Shrimp

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    looks like a brittle star arm
     
  5. stylaster

    stylaster Gigas Clam

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    what they also don't mention is they get 8 + feet tall in the wild and are non photosynthetic, would be hard to keep alive in the long run
     
  6. irr0001

    irr0001 Purple Tang

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    Yeah..i've learned to just stay away from weird stuff like that..if it's not real popular..probably not going to do well in captivity.
     
  7. kcbrad

    kcbrad Giant Squid

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    Whoa! That's weird looking....doesn't appeal to me, but it's pretty cool!
     
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  9. inwall75

    inwall75 Giant Squid

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    Sea whips are a pain in the butt
     
  10. Gresham

    Gresham Great Blue Whale

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    :lol: :D
     
  11. inwall75

    inwall75 Giant Squid

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    I figured Amcarrig would get it. I'm glad someone else did too.
     
  12. phoenixhieghts

    phoenixhieghts Panda Puffer

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    My LFS had one of these for sale last week, they called it a 'pigs tail gorgonian', it wasnt as colourfl as that one tho.