Katsafado's first ever 10g SW tank(nano)

katsafados

Active Member
Yeah I have 1 small one that I always see in the dt that never stops moving around and eating algae. They usually just stay on the rock work nowhere else.
 

katsafados

Active Member
Originally Posted by meowzer
http:///forum/post/3071101
man WHY do I always get the crappy hitchhikers....lol..or NONE at all

you can have my cool looking bristle worm if thats what it even is!
Its bright orange and red:O with white spikes
oooo perdyyy lol
 

meowzer

Moderator
Originally Posted by Katsafados
http:///forum/post/3071104
you can have my cool looking bristle worm if thats what it even is!
Its bright orange and red:O with white spikes
oooo perdyyy lol
NO THANX....I got plenty of them creepy looking things
 

katsafados

Active Member
I cant stop staring at my tank now haha...
I think I'm fidning so many creepy crawlies because my lights have been off for 3 or 4 days now lol.
 

meowzer

Moderator
Could be....It's like when I come in here right before the first sets of lights come on....everything scatters...LOL
 

spanko

Active Member
About the worm. That picture is of a Fire worm. That worm is not one of the beneficial bristle worms. I would suggest you do some real research on it.
 

katsafados

Active Member
thats messed up haha
I'm acctaully scared agaiun to put my hand even with a glove in the tank! haha think of all those wierd looking things crawling on you. YICKS! haha I sound like a

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(female reproductive organ)
 

meowzer

Moderator
Originally Posted by Katsafados
http:///forum/post/3071118
Shoulw I resort to an arrow crab? I know for a fact big als has them.
IDK anything about them...look them up and see what it says about them....keeping in mind what you want to do with the tank
 

spanko

Active Member
You should do some more research and see if you can live with it or not. There are various traps that can be used to catch and remove it if after your research you choose to do so.Then research arrow crabs as they have there own concerns.
 

katsafados

Active Member
Well the fire worm says it can sting us and produce a powerful neurotoxin that results in a burning sensation and tingling around the area. It also said they'll pretty much eat my whole cuc and corals, and they grow to 35cm in length. Also Conus cedonulli snail is a preditor of this worm.
Reading up on the arrow crab now! Doesnt say much on this site about them
 

spanko

Active Member
Mr. Fenner quotes.
"Stenorhynchus seticornis (Herbst 1788), the Caribbean Arrow Crab. Not to be trusted with small to medium fish tank-mates (may

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with rostrum, otherwise consume). Safe with hardy native corals and anemones, larger fishes"
 

meowzer

Moderator
The Arrow Crab, also known as the Spider Crab, has extremely long legs. It is called the Arrow Crab because of the shape of the body and head. The size is variable, many reaching six inches, and some up to 10 inches. Females may be dramatically smaller. Different species inhabit different parts of the world. The most common Arrow Crab (Stenorhynchus seticornis) comes from the Caribbean, but other species are imported from the Indo-Pacific region, eastern Africa, and California. They normally inhabit portions of the reef usually associated with a small cave or crevice.
It is a hardy, long-lived invertebrate, that can be housed in the reef aquarium. This crab has been known to attack crustaceans such as Banded Coral Shrimp, and may even attack small slow moving fish. All crabs are opportunistic feeders and if insufficient food is present they may pick at mushrooms or polyps searching for food. Breeding Arrow Crabs in the aquarium is not generally successful. Larvae are free-swimming and hatch in about two weeks. It will accept almost all meaty, flake and tablet foods.
 

katsafados

Active Member
OKAY i KNOW THE ROCK ITS LIVING IN!
can I do a hypo on that rock?? In a bucket tonight before it moves away??
Also how would I go about doing so??
1.010 sg?
 

melypr1985

Member
you guys are making me want to give my arrow crab back to the store! he's already done his job and ate the worms, maybe i should get rid of him before adding anything else to my tank!
 

meowzer

Moderator
Originally Posted by melypr1985
http:///forum/post/3071135
you guys are making me want to give my arrow crab back to the store! he's already done his job and ate the worms, maybe i should get rid of him before adding anything else to my tank!

LOL....I think Kat is talking about getting rid of his bristle worm
 
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