Starfish and algae

Discussion in 'New To The Hobby' started by vickipansy, Apr 5, 2003.

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  1. Craig Manoukian

    Craig Manoukian Giant Squid

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  3. Gresham

    Gresham Great Blue Whale

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    Look at garf.org for an id of that starfish. Its probably the mini people have been on about for years. There are sevral types, some eat sps, while others don't do any harm. They typically don't grow larger the 1.5". No, not a mini-brittle, a mini starfish.

    Don't knock wholesalers, you have no clue what happens here. The exporters are the ones who typically get names wrong, the wholesaler is just selling what he bought it as. If you such an expert, please take a flight to PI and corrrect the exporters, it'll help us all.
     
  4. Matt Rogers

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    Just a little reminder, when adding pics from another web site, if you haven't asked to reproduce it here, at least include a link to where you got it from so they get some traffic. Often this stuff is copyrighted.

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  5. Craig Manoukian

    Craig Manoukian Giant Squid

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  6. karlas

    karlas Fire Goby

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    heres a pic of the royal dottyback

    thats where some fish get confused there are some that mimic other fish and this is what the dottyback does with the gramma. there are other types that are sold as the wrong thing because they are so close in likeness