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tropical sea abalone

post #1 of 10
10/26/11 at 5:54pm
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ive bought a tropical sea abalone about 5 months ago, i posted about him here because he didnt come out for a week and a person said that its possible they can crawl out of their tanks. hes been out every morning until a month ago he stopped coming out. i thought he was hiding but ive been slowly pulling all my rocks and corals out to put in my new tank and he isnt in my tank, i did check each rock carefuly. how true is it that they can crawl out of tanks? he was very large

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post #2 of 10
10/27/11 at 8:34am

It's possible that it crawled out, since some abs can be intertidal species.  It's also true that most fish can't pass up an ab dinner, but if that were the case, you'd find the shell.  What are its tankmates?

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post #3 of 10
10/27/11 at 3:17pm
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blue tang, 2 clown fish, red corris wrasse, blue starfish and few hermits/snails

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post #4 of 10
10/27/11 at 3:34pm

Blue starfish = Linkia ?

 

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post #5 of 10
10/28/11 at 4:57am
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yes

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post #6 of 10
10/28/11 at 7:46am

OK...then it's likely not the culprit, besides, you'd have found the shell.  Odd how this happens every so often.

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post #7 of 10
10/28/11 at 7:43pm
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haha.. i just hope hes not in my bed. will keep you posted if i ever find him

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post #8 of 10
10/28/11 at 7:47pm

Reminds me when I had tree frogs when I was younger, 4 of them escaped, and I found them everywhere in my home. Happy hunting!

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post #9 of 10
10/30/11 at 1:02am
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haha thats cute!!

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post #10 of 10
11/5/11 at 3:57pm
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ive found his shell today, im so suprised i hadnt had an ammonia spike or anything.

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