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06-24-2007, 05:22 PM
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#1 | | Moderator
Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: British Columbia, Canada
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| another hitchhiker..
I was cleaning my zoa.. and a few peices of LR and.. it's a snail like creature with no snail shell has little 'armor like' things onit's back.. the snail is white, and the lil things are brown.. any idea? My lfs, also think i have a rock crab.... so i'm going to set a trap and find out!
Sarah
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06-24-2007, 06:55 PM
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#2 | | Super Moderator
Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Reading, Pennsylvania
Posts: 2,563
| Re: another hitchhiker..
Can you get a picture of it? Hard to say what it is from your description. | 
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06-24-2007, 07:54 PM
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#3 | | Sherriff
Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Harrisonburg, Virginia
Posts: 363
| Re: another hitchhiker..
sounds like some sort of slug, or maybe an isopod, which are not good, they are a fish parasite, kind of like the tick of the sea, attatch and feed on the host fish, I can't find a good description right now, but my yellow tang had one when he arrived at petco before I bought him, my friend that works there actually had to surgically remove it(hold it with tweezers and cut it off) He had a small wound, but recovered and is doing great, some species can get huge, others are small, maybe .25"-.5" Next time you go to petco, or any LFS for that matter, see if they have the books "marine fishes" and "marine inverts" very good references, and it is in the beginning pages of one of those books.
Try this link (pdf) http://www.dnr.sc.gov/marine/sertc/I...rustaceans.pdf | |
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06-24-2007, 11:00 PM
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#4 | | Reef Bum Smod
Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Sand Springs OK
Posts: 2,016
| Re: another hitchhiker..
It also may be a nudiebranch. I am currently picking some offf my new Zoa rock I just purchased. I would just take it out whether its good or bad, this way by the time you figure out its bad because it ate three or four zoas your not kicking yourself for leaving it in. | |
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06-25-2007, 12:17 AM
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#5 | | Moderator
Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: British Columbia, Canada
Posts: 176
| Re: another hitchhiker..
thanks guy, I went and asked, its a nudiebranch they're very small.. itossed that one, i saw one in the tank.. i'll keep an eye on it. i found a pic here, it's the top row the last (third) one.. r they ok to have?? http://www.steinexplorer.com/nudibranches&worms.htmalso any tricks to get rid of my rock crab?? im a bit worried about the rock crab, as my lil neon goby (which cost me $40.. cuz it is captive born/raised but it is so cute!)is less than 1 inch, and it has already nipped my baby clown
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06-25-2007, 05:00 PM
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#6 | | Reef Bum Smod
Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Sand Springs OK
Posts: 2,016
| Re: another hitchhiker..
The one you have pointed out will eat your polyps, I had a ton of them on another rock a couple months ago that ate almost half the polyps before I figured it out. As far as the crab goes what color is it? It could be an acro crab and are considered safe. | |
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06-25-2007, 05:36 PM
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#7 | | Moderator
Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: British Columbia, Canada
Posts: 176
| Re: another hitchhiker..
Well.. it has spikey legs like the emerald does, but it is white not green.. I put an emerald crab in yesterday, I just found it dead and it's body ripped open. I only have small hermits, and a peppermint shrimp.. all i saw was it's legs a week ago... they were white and prickly looking like the emerald.. havent seen it since. but I am concerned now, because there is no reason for my emerald to be dead..  starting to get a bit bummed out about this whole SW thing
sarah | |
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