What Lives in Your Sump?

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  1. GoToSleep

    GoToSleep Torch Coral

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    Saw a post today where someone suggested letting a decorator crab live in the sump (as opposed to the reef display tank) so this got me wondering...

    What critters to you guys have living in your sumps and/or refugiums? How bout it. Any seahorses, mandarins, mantis shrimp or other characters? Love to see some pics.
     
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  3. {Nano}Reefer

    {Nano}Reefer Dragon Wrasse

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    cleaner clams are what i would put, in case your trying to get ideas. ive had em before and they work great!
     
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  4. mact4life

    mact4life Astrea Snail

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    got a scooter so mandrins would be bad my pods are in there
     
  5. Crabby Jim

    Crabby Jim Sea Dragon

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    I have a couple hermits living in the fuge chamber of my sump along with 1 or 2 snails
     
  6. missionsix

    missionsix Super Moderator Staff Member

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    I don't have anything that cool in my sump/fuge. I do have tons of different things in there.
    Karma for the first person to ID the thing that's riding dirty on the hermits shell.
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    Some sponge that has grown over some palythoas.
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  7. GoToSleep

    GoToSleep Torch Coral

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    :laugh4: I'd heard of people putting clams in their sump but I just couldn't figure out why anyone would want to put their beautiful giant clam down in the sump. I googled cleaner clams and :bulb2: now it makes a lot more sense.
     
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  9. GoToSleep

    GoToSleep Torch Coral

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    nice pix missionsix66. Thanks.
     
  10. missionsix

    missionsix Super Moderator Staff Member

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    60 karma points for the ID of the hitch hiker on the h-crab shell.
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  11. cuttingras

    cuttingras Starving Artist :)

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    a huge pod, Mission:confused: perty pics too!;)


    I have that same grass stuff with 2 rocks and a p.s. and phosreactor. Should there be something else?
     
  12. luvreefs23

    luvreefs23 Millepora

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