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How did vaca go? I am about to go away for 4 days. This will be the first since I've had my tank.

Can sea hare's have babies? I had one in my tank about 2 weeks ago for about a month. It was a brown one though.

Found this when I was looking around my tank last night... Good/bad...? I tired to do a search and couldnt find any nudi's that look like that.

You found a hitchhiker FISH?!!?? Thats awesome!

Originally Posted by spanko Look like this? Cirolanid isopod if so. Bummer, don't see them much in peoples tanks but definitely a predator. I believe this is another of those "leave the tank fallow (fishless)" for like 2 to 4 months so they die with nothing to feed on. Don't hold me to that...

Yeah can you believe that?? I thought it was just a large pod, but nope hooked to my fire angle when I woke up. And then when I got home he was gone but his fin is noticeably "eaten away". He looked exactly like the picture in the "helpful thread / hitchhickers" He has the dark eyes and all. So...

So the fire angle was all about my cleaner shrimp and my fire shrimp in the morning. Obviously nature taking over saying hey!!! get this guy off of me. So I just got home and the ISOPOD is no where to be seen..?? Would one of the shrimps killed it and ate it or just flicked it off of him and the...

So last night about 1am I am watching my tank and I see a little pod swimming around. I went to grab my camera and when I came back I couldnt find it. Thought it was just another POD. So I woke up and I see my Fire angle swimming around really fast while trying to "shake". So sure enough this...

Originally Posted by MissNano Sounds like a gorilla crab, which can be bad depending on what all you have in your tank. Yeah I gotta keep an eye on him... I dont think his claws are that big but again I didnt get a great pic.. he never comes out.

Found a good thread... I'm going to leave him for now as he never comes out but will keep an eye on him. Link

Its funny you asked about that yesterday. I went home and sure enough he molted and there was a claw broke off in front of the cave and sure enough it had black on the tips.

Originally Posted by IbanEz Did it have black tips on the claws? I will have to watch for it again and let you know. I did grab a pic of it so I will post it up. But that thin slimey looking thing I could barly see it so I def could not get a clear pic.

It didnt look anything like a bristle worm, it was very smooth on all of its sides. It kinda looks like a teddy bear crab but its claws are a little smaller and not hairy. I think it is some way related to a Emerald crab.

So it just came back out and it is shaped like a bandaid. It is only like 2 inches long and is VERY thin. I thought it was part of something bigger, bit that was its whole body. It just slithered around the side of the rock.

Florida rock. So about 2 weeks ago I see an area under a rock has been cleared a little of sand, kinda like a small cave. So one day I see something move. It is a hairy crab, kinda looks like a green algae crab (forgot the name) but i cant tell if it green, but it does have very hairy legs. So...

Originally Posted by meowzer Remember variety is nice too.....get some vitamins to soak the food in I use selcon... but remember not to use too much.

I feed Rods food, frozen mysis, frozen brine and Nori seaweed.

Originally Posted by Bang Guy Did you have live rock? How did you cycle the tank? 115lbs of LR Just let it run its course with two 5G changes near the end.

FTR, my clown attacked me today for the first time. From now on I can see us butting heads... but I will always win, ;-) .

Originally Posted by Cranberry But lots of people who have used RO/DI also have hair algae issues. That's not an isolated occurrence for tapwater. My tap is a stinking 500... I go through RO/DI filters like crazy. How much water do you guys change out after a cycle? At the time I had brand new...