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saintsreturn
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I am looking forward to hearing about how you get him out. That said, live that video
Sent from this thing in my hand
Sent from this thing in my hand
Mike Johnson
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So far I've not done anything. I do know that I need to get another clean up crew.
Mike Johnson
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Thanks, rub it in, Bob.
reefer gladness
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You sure a coke-bottle trap won't work? I was thinking a wide-mouth bottle like a 1 quart Gatorade.
mikecc - you can do a couple hypersalinity dips about 1 minute long in 1.035-1.040 to expel critters from LR without killing them. Bristle worms, shrimps, etc. will come out and you can separate the ones you want to keep.
mikecc - you can do a couple hypersalinity dips about 1 minute long in 1.035-1.040 to expel critters from LR without killing them. Bristle worms, shrimps, etc. will come out and you can separate the ones you want to keep.
Mike Johnson
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All great minds at work. This tank has some several fish that are very valuable to my heart. Sponges on every rock. Well, anyway, lots of things that die the minute they touch the air. Taking all the live rock out is a last resort. The Gatorade bottle thing is something simple that I didn't think of and sure might work. Thanks you guys for bouncing things off of me.
mkecc, out of all the things that I would add to a tank live rock would be the most important thing to QT. Even then eggs hatch, whatever, never know what you're going to get. I was afraid to hijack the thread, but I see it's my thread; so I'll show some hitchhikers. Here's a good one;
mkecc, out of all the things that I would add to a tank live rock would be the most important thing to QT. Even then eggs hatch, whatever, never know what you're going to get. I was afraid to hijack the thread, but I see it's my thread; so I'll show some hitchhikers. Here's a good one;
Mike Johnson
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Here's a good one/bad one. It sure was beautiful and it traveled the whole tank. Miss that guy. It's a tunicate eater. Had a bunch of tunicates - bad boy.
The coral behind it is good. In the next picture I'll show another bad boy that eats it.
The coral behind it is good. In the next picture I'll show another bad boy that eats it.
Mike Johnson
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Here's the bad boy that eats my Madracis and Porites corals, a conch.
Mike Johnson
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Ever wonder why I know so much about Polyclad Flatworms? Learned the hard way.
Mike Johnson
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No live rock tank is complete without a imposter star snail that's really a coral sucking conch.
Mike Johnson
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Hitchhikers come in other ways. Here's a Gorilla Crab that came in inside a Crocea clam. The clam was in QT for two weeks. This is a shed and it's about 3/8" from leg tip to leg tip.
I've got lots more hitchhikers. Do you guys want to see them or am I boring you to death?
I've got lots more hitchhikers. Do you guys want to see them or am I boring you to death?
Mike Johnson
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This didn't come from the live rock from Indonesia. This is from a pet store rock from Haiti. First spotted early one morning trying to pull one of my fish into a rock. It was over 14" long stretched out. Here it's about nine inches scrunched up and big around as my thumb. This worm is known for swallowing corals and taking the flesh off. It can also catch sleeping fish. Hermodice Carunculata.
StirCrayzy
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I don't know anyone sane, who will turn down hitchhiker Pics and info!
I wish I paid attention to mine, but I don't, whatever's in there only gets found by chance then I usuall don't see again.
I've only really ever manually removed bristleworms, and a couple crabs, everything else goes on its merry way.
I wish I paid attention to mine, but I don't, whatever's in there only gets found by chance then I usuall don't see again.
I've only really ever manually removed bristleworms, and a couple crabs, everything else goes on its merry way.
Snid
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Mike, with the pictures and experiences you have, you could start your own hitchhiker image database that would be just as good, if not better, than all the others out there. I find that such image databases are lacking in efficiency, ease of use, and clarity. There have been some things that I have researched for hours on end to no avail. I wish I had the time to set one up myself.
