New Decorator Crab is Still Decorating

Discussion in 'Inverts' started by inwall75, Dec 2, 2011.

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  1. hasek1639

    hasek1639 Fire Shrimp

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    so cool never seen 1 in action great pics
     
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  3. mm2002

    mm2002 Feather Duster

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    That's awesome! My LFS had one a couple of weeks ago and I'm still kicking myself in the ass for not snagging it. Very cool critters.
     
  4. 2in10

    2in10 Super Moderator

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    Beautiful shots and thanks for sharing.
     
  5. inwall75

    inwall75 Giant Squid

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    Yes and no. They don't eat coral, but there's a couple of zoanthid polyps on him. They were just apparently picked last night and they weren't opening yet. The one in my cube tank is COMPLETELY different. This one is thin and spindly. The other one is very fat and very thick too. I don't have recent pics of the other one. However, I do have one. This picture shows one zoanthid. There are a lot more now. All of the zoanthids on that one are open and alive.

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    They do move around a bit during the day but they are definitely an animal that one would like to have moonlights with.
     
  6. khowst

    khowst Bangghai Cardinal

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    Thats awesome looking.

    Too bad I've got a hawkfish in one tank & a mantis in the other.
     
  7. lmr2o

    lmr2o Millepora

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    nice job with the pictures thanks for sharing! Idk how I haven't heard of these until now but wow - pretty awesome