tick?

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  1. Dingo

    Dingo Giant Squid

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    Dingo, Sep 27, 2009
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  2. pgreef

    pgreef Fire Goby

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    No clue. But I agree, it looks just like a tick. Any dogfish in your tank?;D
     
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  3. kcbrad

    kcbrad Giant Squid

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    That looks just like a tick!! How weird...
     
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  4. Dingo

    Dingo Giant Squid

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    hahaha i just got fleas off the catfish lol
     
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  5. Dingo

    Dingo Giant Squid

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    bump...
    did a google search and couldnt find anything yet
     
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  6. swagger87

    swagger87 Zoanthid

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    How odd. Its creepy looking
     
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  7. pagojoe

    pagojoe Corkscrew Tentacle Anemone

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    It might be a gall crab, and you're looking at its rear end?
     
    pagojoe, Sep 28, 2009
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  8. Dingo

    Dingo Giant Squid

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    Quite possible... I did a google search real quick. I took it out just imcase, but are they good bad or indifferent?
     
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  9. papareef

    papareef Feather Duster

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    This is what i think it is,it could look like a spider? that preys on zoas.I know,i dealt with them first hand.

    Zoanthid Eating Spider
     
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  10. pagojoe

    pagojoe Corkscrew Tentacle Anemone

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    Could be, but the carapace looks too wide to be a sea spider. And of course, it's not climbing on zoa's, which I'd guess it should be if it were a zoa-eating spider. If it's a gall crab, it probably won't hurt anything, although they can make galls on corals, thus the name, making them easier to break.

    Cheers,



    Don
     
    pagojoe, Sep 29, 2009
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