3 (Little) Things

Discussion in 'Inverts' started by LCP136, Jan 19, 2009.

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  1. LCP136

    LCP136 Sailfin Tang

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    I said little because of the small things that I found in my tank looking this night with a flashlight. 1. In my sump I found that there are tons of HUGE amphipods living among some detritus build up. Not very important but cool. 2. Also in my sump I found a couple Asterinas. I know they can potentially be coral eaters, but usually they're algae eaters, and I love them so I moved one up to my DT. How fast do they reproduce? 3. I found HORDES of baby snails, maybe astreas, I'm not sure, all over my LR. Will any survive? Will I be overrun by snails?
     
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  3. cannedmulder

    cannedmulder Teardrop Maxima Clam

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    The Asterinas, at least in my tank don't eat my corals. They don't split very fast and as far as I can tell don't grow fast. The baby snails truely aren't baby snails. Are they little white snails? They only come out when lights are off but you won't be over run by them! No worries all is well in your tank!
     
  4. PorkyBubs

    PorkyBubs Spaghetti Worm

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    This thread made me go look at my tank with a flash light, and i saw my hermit crabs going crazy cleaning, some small clear shrimp looking things and ant looking things. It was cool
     
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  6. LCP136

    LCP136 Sailfin Tang

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    Probably amphipods. And it is neat!

    Oh, and, good to know about the asterinas.