Kool stuff on LR

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  1. 1st time

    1st time Purple Spiny Lobster

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    I got these on my LR--a orange yellow shelless snail. It is 3 times bigger then it was. Also a stsr coral, it also is growing--ther are also some unknown one that started as only 1 little guy , now one of them has at lest 6-8 new ones.
     

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    lunatik_69 Giant Squid

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    Cool pics, keep them coming;D. Luna
     
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    You would be surprised what you can see on live rock and be even more amazed at the life forms that you can not see that resides on your live rock!
     
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    lunatik_69 Giant Squid

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    And the nocturnal life too. You can literally sit all night til the morning and find new things. Luna
     
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    1st time Purple Spiny Lobster

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    Yea, I found that out--I also got a basket star, but I haven't been able to get a good pic of it . It has also grown larger. I keep my finger crossed on that one as they are supposed to be hard to keep alive. So far so good! Oh an two porcelain crabs must have hacheted fom the rocks, they are growing also.
     
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    baugherb Giant Squid

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    Sweet pics... Looks awesome...
     
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  7. cuttingras

    cuttingras Starving Artist :)

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    sweet! I love yellow in a tank it brightens it up. How do you know it's a snail? and doesn't a snail need a shell?
     
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    missionsix Super Moderator Staff Member

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    Looks like a type of limpet to me.
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    LIMPETS Limpets are little pointy-shelled snail-like creatures. You may find them crawling along your glass or rock. I have a ton of them in my sump. These guys are for the most part good guys but there are some bad types. More info here.
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    1st time Purple Spiny Lobster

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    No, it's a snail--the little snail body is under the yellow ruffled top [I have seen her eyes and feelers] I believe she is in the bubble snail family, not sure. But the shell is under the mantle and they excrete waste out of the hole on top. I have quite a few limpets and this is not a limpet, it is a snail--too bad I don't have a pic when her little head is poking out.
     
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    missionsix Super Moderator Staff Member

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    That top hole is the anal pore. Limpets do resemble snails anatomically. The only problem with it "possibly" being a limpet, is some eat coralline.
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