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Originally Posted by SCSInet This looks like a badly bleached finger leather to me. They can usually be fragged. If you slice it cleanly at the "crook" where it splits into two or more "branches," you should be okay. You need to divide it all the way down to the base; so you have two...

Originally Posted by phunckie I don't think that's a colt.... THIS is a colt.... https://www.saltwaterfish.com/site_11...ot_parent_id=4 Well, does anyone know what it is and if it can be fragged?

I was told this is a colt coral, I have had it for several years and it has grown so large I wondered if it could be separated? Any suggestion would be greatly appreciated. Thanks

Originally Posted by sprang Sorry he died...looked liked a mantis though. I wouldn't trust him in a reef set-up anyway, so I guess your better off in the long run. off the topic a bit...I had a brittle star that was a complete gentleman for about a year then noticed him munching on my soft...

Originally Posted by renogaw sure does look like a mantis. Which way got him out, and did you scoop him out right away? the reason they should shoot right out is the difference in salinity should tick them off, but you dont want them to stay in that high (or low) salinity water. It's ok to...

Originally Posted by renogaw fresh water dip then. the salt water should be like 1.035 (not sure if mentioned above) Ok well here it is, it did not come shooting out, it just kinda slid out after a little shaking, it did not however survive this. can you still please tell me what it was so I...

Originally Posted by renogaw just don't dunk the corals... Well it isn't coming out with salt water? any suggestions?

J just got a shipment, I cant find acclimation info on the Lavendar tube I just got. Anyone?

Originally Posted by Nick76 Your best off doing a High salinity dunk with that rock, should sent it shooting out of the rock within minutes. Please keep us updated and take pictures if u do, do the dunk, im excited to see what it is I will do it tomorrow, Will I hurt it but dipping it and will...

Originally Posted by starfishlover Do you hear a load clicking sound in your tank at night? Have heard they make this sound. :scared: No, No sounds from this tank, I know what you are talking about because I do have a shrimp goby and a pistol shrimp in one of my other tanks and the pistol makes...

Originally Posted by ReefForBrains Wahooo Give it up for another NV to the boards!!! And they have Gonis. Halamidia(s) Breaking all the rules. lol And of course the ultimate rule, a glass box full of wet rocks in the middle of the Desert. Welcome aboard. Beautiful tank. Thanks, Do you see...

Originally Posted by gudies My 150 Gallon, Still have lots of room. A few more of some of the things in the tank!

Originally Posted by Ice4Ice Sounds like a mantis to me ... any other opinions ? BTW here is a full tank picture.

My 150 Gallon, Still have lots of room.

Originally Posted by sprang I don't think so, but it's hard to tell. A mantis has big buggy eyes that pivot in all directions with a long extented lobster like body. Just read the other day that a mantis claws have the streangth of .22 cal bullet...preaty crazy! If he is a mantis and he's a...

I have had this thing in my tank for a very long time, it even survived a major crash. I have a 150 gal reef tank. Been up and going for 2+ years, after finding this site and reading just about everything ever posted here (wow, the information here is truly amazing, you all know so much!) do you...

Originally Posted by mushroomss yup looks like the abalones my lfs had,,, harmless! Thank you all very much! I got a positive ID and it is an abalone! Thanks again.

Originally Posted by reefkprZ clam killer. you might want to notify whoever you bought the clam off that they might have problem. not Cymatium aquatile though, they look more like mini conchs This doesn't seem to have a shell, I used a butter knife to pry it off the side of my glass tank. It...

Originally Posted by reefreak29 sorry got side tracked its an Oyster Drill, Cymatium aquatile . they drill into byvalves So this is a bad guy then, correct?

It moves like a snail but without a shell? I thought an oyster has a shell?