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wbradenpt
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so far i've seen what looks to be a baby chocolate chip starfish, a pointy urchin that came out of nowhere, and tons of copepods, amphipods, and feather dusters.
what is the most interesting thing to have appeared in your tank out of the live rock
jonthefishguy
Active Member
a blue ringed octopus 7 days and still alive while placing the rock in the vats, it came crawling out. Must have found some moisture and food within its crevice.
jonthefishguy
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yeah, sometimes the boogie man is in the hole waiting for you to stick your finger in there....watch out....coo couy
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wbradenpt
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Originally Posted by jonthefishguy
a blue ringed octopus 7 days and still alive while placing the rock in the vats, it came crawling out. Must have found some moisture and food within its crevice.
for something as cool as an octopus or a carpet anenome it would be interesting to see pictures if possible. that's amazing, i'd have thought an octopus would have all sorts of special requirements. got me beat already, that sure didn't take long!
a blue ringed octopus 7 days and still alive while placing the rock in the vats, it came crawling out. Must have found some moisture and food within its crevice.
for something as cool as an octopus or a carpet anenome it would be interesting to see pictures if possible. that's amazing, i'd have thought an octopus would have all sorts of special requirements. got me beat already, that sure didn't take long!
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wbradenpt
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Originally Posted by Deniki
I'm sorry as I'm very new to this, but "creatures" can just grow out of your live rock? So, when I do put live rock in my tank, chances are something else may come of it?
it took a couple of years before i noticed the baby starfish. hard to tell if it came out of the rock or hitched a ride on a coral, but it's cool to get free things either way.
I'm sorry as I'm very new to this, but "creatures" can just grow out of your live rock? So, when I do put live rock in my tank, chances are something else may come of it?
it took a couple of years before i noticed the baby starfish. hard to tell if it came out of the rock or hitched a ride on a coral, but it's cool to get free things either way.
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wbradenpt
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had to put in refugium as it grew up, didn't want to find it drilling into something valuable.
fedel castro
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a huge brittle star fish, had tank running for 3 years and never seen it till one night walked in the room and turned on lights and it ran from one side to the other, (280 gallon 7 feet long tank) in 0.00000000000001 seconds, it blow my MIND, scard the living chiiissccchhllleeee out of me, then ran to get cam, but only got pic of it hiding behind a rock.
its still in there some where.
its still in there some where.
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wbradenpt
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now that you mention it, had a baby serpent star myself. forgot all about it, since it's huge now.
beautiful tank by the way.
beautiful tank by the way.
gillyweed
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Originally Posted by Deniki
I'm sorry as I'm very new to this, but "creatures" can just grow out of your live rock? So, when I do put live rock in my tank, chances are something else may come of it?
Live rock is "live" because it is taken from the oceans and kept in salt water to maintain the healthy bacteria and that provide filtration in your tank. Due to this, many times when you buy live rock you could inadvertently get an extra hitchhiker along with it. Any creature small enough to hide in the caves or holes of a piece of live rock could keep safe long enough to make it to your tank.
Common ones are snails and crabs, worms, shrimp (including mantis shrimp) etc; but as you see from this thread now and then more unusual ones manage to get through as well
I'm sorry as I'm very new to this, but "creatures" can just grow out of your live rock? So, when I do put live rock in my tank, chances are something else may come of it?
Live rock is "live" because it is taken from the oceans and kept in salt water to maintain the healthy bacteria and that provide filtration in your tank. Due to this, many times when you buy live rock you could inadvertently get an extra hitchhiker along with it. Any creature small enough to hide in the caves or holes of a piece of live rock could keep safe long enough to make it to your tank.
Common ones are snails and crabs, worms, shrimp (including mantis shrimp) etc; but as you see from this thread now and then more unusual ones manage to get through as well
chattown clown
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I've had a xenia and stomatopod (mantis) hitchkiker. Had to buy the mantis its own tank.
There was a thread recently where someone actually had a fish hitchhiker (maybe it was a wrasse...not sure).
There was a thread recently where someone actually had a fish hitchhiker (maybe it was a wrasse...not sure).
fish are good
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i have had several starfish 3 clams and tons on sotial anemonies and father dusters and when i bought a beg of sand there was lots of broken glass in it took 3 days to get it all out but there still could be more.
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azul1994
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Wow, the coolest thing i have had is a bristle worm.
sambasam
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Originally Posted by jonthefishguy
a blue ringed octopus 7 days and still alive while placing the rock in the vats, it came crawling out. Must have found some moisture and food within its crevice.
blue ringed octopus are very venomous and will kill you if you get bit call animal control immediately.
a blue ringed octopus 7 days and still alive while placing the rock in the vats, it came crawling out. Must have found some moisture and food within its crevice.
blue ringed octopus are very venomous and will kill you if you get bit call animal control immediately.
maxalmon
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About a year and half ago I posted about a fuzzy thing that was maybe .25" around with spines, turned out to be a baby urchin. It's now about 1.25 around, survived 2 tanks moves when I thought that it was already dead and wasn't even looking for it. Then it re-appeared about 9 months ago and is kinda the celeb of the tank.