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  1. omard

    omard Gnarly Old Codfish

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    Never ceases to amaze me at what new critters show up in tank periodically even after tank up several years.

    Up early and just as lights turning on I noticed a blackish "blob" on sand in front of tank...

    Running for camera, I got these pics...

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    Would guess about 4" long.

    Quickly disappeared into rocks once light turned on...


    May explain complete disappearance of hydroid plague I have been "blessed" with for ages...:-/


    (still think there is a pistol shrimp in there that I have never seen, but often heard)
     
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  2. aquaboy

    aquaboy Panda Puffer

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    Is that a sea cuke?
     
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  3. lunatik_69

    lunatik_69 Giant Squid

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    Is it a slug?
     
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  4. omard

    omard Gnarly Old Codfish

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    Nudibranch
     
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  5. omard

    omard Gnarly Old Codfish

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    Looking for ID all over web...

    Best I can come up with is some kind of "Chromodoris ?"

    Twin horns...and butt feathers...


    :-/
     
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    Executivelevel Peppermint Shrimp

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    thats pretty cool, is it bad for anything in the tank?
     
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  7. aquaboy

    aquaboy Panda Puffer

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    If it eats hydroids, i think Omard here better start renting it out :D
     
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  8. omard

    omard Gnarly Old Codfish

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    Guess we will find out...:-/

    But my hydroid farms have been completely wiped out over last couple of months...

    Before, (had several nice crops looking like this...)

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    Now...

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    Not a hydroid to be seen anywhere...

    Both kinds gone, brown fuzzies and little stick kind (which used to be all over tank) have all but disappeared....

    Nothing I bought. Gift from the great Reef God.

    If nudi has any other bad habits, expect I will learn to live with them. But none noticed so far.

    ;D
     
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  9. luvreefs23

    luvreefs23 Millepora

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    My lfs sells these from time to time. Ive had two, first one i got was eaten by a hitch hiker crab. 2nd i got ate a 4x7 inch patch of star polyps than stopped. He eventually died...dunno why. I know im not getting another one, i like my star polyps. :)
     
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  10. omard

    omard Gnarly Old Codfish

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    If it likes star polyps, I have them.

    And will get it more if it wants them as long as it keeps the hydroids under control. ;D
     
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