Poor snail ... what's he carrying?

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  1. dixiedog

    dixiedog Coral Banded Shrimp

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    Talk about hitchikers - he looks like he has about 100 of them!

    It's a coral of some kind, but the polyps are reeeealy teeny. Hard to photograph. I could pull him out of the tank for a better pic I suppose ...

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    dixiedog, Apr 1, 2009
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  2. PackLeader

    PackLeader Giant Squid

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    Maybe some type of SPS? Its really tough to tell by the pic
     
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  3. dixiedog

    dixiedog Coral Banded Shrimp

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    LOL yeah here's another try.

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    Maybe I should ask the snail to please stay high in the tank, in the best light/flow areas so his hitchhikers will grow?;D
     
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  4. whippy

    whippy Sailfin Tang

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    That is fantastic!!! I've found myself browsing the LFS snail and hermit tanks for shells with cool add-ons, LOL!!
     
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  5. {Nano}Reefer

    {Nano}Reefer Dragon Wrasse

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    OK, where in the heck are you people finding these snails with porites on them??????? I WANT ONE! :)
     
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  6. whippy

    whippy Sailfin Tang

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    Me too! My LFS pays too much attention :shifty:
     
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  7. slocal

    slocal Doot!

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  8. =Jwin=

    =Jwin= Tassled File Fish

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    My LFS pays too much attention to snails as well :( You hope they overlook some when you buy rock there, but they don't. They pluck them alllll off. Sad days. :D

    Nice moving coral. ;)
     
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  9. stepho

    stepho Panda Puffer

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    Thats lame. If I ran a fish store (which I may one day) I would leave the hitch hiker corals on the rocks. If I got free corals with my rock from one store and none from the others I would buy all my rock there.
     
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  10. Tadpole1mill

    Tadpole1mill Purple Spiny Lobster

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    maybe a monti.

    regardless looks awesome.
     
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