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  1. pagojoe
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    Carnivorous thorny snail????

    Salsalito has it narrowed to genus, but it won't be C. insularum because that species is endemic to Hawaii, and they don't export snails for the...
    Post by: pagojoe, May 29, 2009 in forum: ID This!
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    Very strange double snail

    The limpet-like snail attached to your astraea is probably a Hipponix species. They are considered semi-parasitic, although they don't feed on the...
    Post by: pagojoe, May 25, 2009 in forum: Inverts
  3. pagojoe
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    what on earth is this!!!!!!

    I think salsalito was going to post this link for you: The Sea Slug Forum - Tritoniopsis elegans There's some good info on the species on this...
    Post by: pagojoe, May 25, 2009 in forum: ID This!
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    sandsifting star question

    Can't argue with that. If he'll eat it, go for it!
    Post by: pagojoe, May 16, 2009 in forum: Inverts
  5. pagojoe
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    sandsifting star question

    The ones in the studies mentioned in the link I posted didn't eat algae, period. They all ate molluscs, crustaceans, and echinoderms, with a few...
    Post by: pagojoe, May 15, 2009 in forum: Inverts
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    sandsifting star question

    LOL I noticed that too, quite a coincidence, indeed! :)
    Post by: pagojoe, May 15, 2009 in forum: Inverts
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    sandsifting star question

    Unfortunately, sostoudt is probably right, your starfish is starving. I don't know about feeding him algae wafers, but you might try something like...
    Post by: pagojoe, May 15, 2009 in forum: Inverts
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    Orange thing I thought was a sponge...

    Well, not to doubt the Florida hitchhikers site, but that last pic looks like the mantle of a Spondylus, or Spiny Oyster. I may be just looking at...
    Post by: pagojoe, May 15, 2009 in forum: ID This!
  9. pagojoe
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    red thing sticking out of my sand . . .

    Some people don't like vermetid snails, so if your Thorn Latirus ate them, I guess they could be considered beneficial. Other than that, they aren't...
    Post by: pagojoe, May 15, 2009 in forum: ID This!
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    red thing sticking out of my sand . . .

    Yeah, that's a Thorn Latirus, Opeatostoma pseudodon. The whole family (Fasciolariidae) is predatory, mostly on other molluscs. This species shows...
    Post by: pagojoe, May 14, 2009 in forum: ID This!
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    What eats tube worms????

    There are a few snails that will eat them. I'm not sure if the Bumblebee Snails that are sold to the hobby will eat them, but some of their...
    Post by: pagojoe, May 14, 2009 in forum: ID This!
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    Orange thing I thought was a sponge...

    It's not a sea hare. It looks to be a sea cucumber of some kind, as the others suggested. It will be one of the filter feeders rather than the sand...
    Post by: pagojoe, May 14, 2009 in forum: ID This!
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    red thing sticking out of my sand . . .

    Nah, the snorkels on Nassarius are NOT normally red, which is why I was interested to see what kind of snail it was. Quite a few different snails...
    Post by: pagojoe, May 14, 2009 in forum: ID This!
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    red thing sticking out of my sand . . .

    Well, let's see a pic of the snail......!
    Post by: pagojoe, May 14, 2009 in forum: ID This!
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    A shot in the dark !?!?

    Hi Curt, Don't really know Spiffyguy, just knew that he had some good photos of a polyclad flatworm that came out of his tank. I didn't know he had...
    Post by: pagojoe, May 13, 2009 in forum: ID This!
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    A shot in the dark !?!?

    The shell moving does sound like an octopus, the but description sounds more like a Polyclad Flatworm. Just perchance the shell was there by...
    Post by: pagojoe, May 12, 2009 in forum: ID This!
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    New hitch hiker. What is it?

    Or like a gazelle taking down a cheetah, lol. It's an Aeolid nudibranch, and while not all nudi's are harmful, most of the ones in this family feed...
    Post by: pagojoe, May 12, 2009 in forum: ID This!
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    in need of an id please,

    Yep, it's a Stomatella. You can see the flattened shell on its back in the pic, although it's only about half as big as the animal (or less). They...
    Post by: pagojoe, May 9, 2009 in forum: ID This!
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    Worm ID

    Hard to say which species, but it's a polychaete worm. Lots of different species reproduce in this way, usually synchronized by the season and lunar...
    Post by: pagojoe, May 8, 2009 in forum: ID This!
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    Worm ID

    Epitoke. It's the reproductive part of the worm that breaks off and swims up to the surface to meet the others that apparently didn't show up....
    Post by: pagojoe, May 8, 2009 in forum: ID This!
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