Can anyone ID this worm?

I have a small colony of these worms. They have these iridescent hairs (that shimmer blue, green, red and purple depending on the angle the light hits them) sticking out of a hole with two tentacles in the center...

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Posted by on 6 July 2006

Pistol Shrimp digging

I know these little buggers do a lot of digging and tunneling, so I wasn't surprised to see him go nuts when I moved this guy to my new 135g tank this weekend. The question I have is in regards...

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Posted by on 4 May 2006

Cleaner shrimp question

I have one cleaner shrimp, and to my knowledge it has eaten 2 of my blue legged hermits!!! Maybe more. I have counted them and I used to have 10. Right this second it is in the process of eating...

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Posted by on 11 January 2006

My Uncle is unbelievable

My Uncle had an apiphany and wanted to do a OCEAN only tank. He wanted to have ONLY ocean materials in his tank. water, LR, fish everything. He talked to his buddy that worked down in monterays ocean licensings department(i...

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Posted by on 9 January 2006

The Hermit Brigade

Got my brigade of blue legged hermits for the tank today, ordered 200 of them from GODS CREATIONS UNDER THE SEA,pricing was excellent @ .40 each, beating any LFS by well over half price. From what I see so far...

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Posted by on 8 January 2006

Alive and well

Today when I got home my invertebrate order from SaltwaterFish.com was on my porch. I’m happy to say everything was alive and well despite the fact the package sat outside for 3 hours in 55 degree weather till I...

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Posted by on 6 January 2006

Cucumbers

I am up and running my condys are doing fine and my red hermits are eating like there is no tomorrow. Does anyone have and ideas on cucumbers?...

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Posted by on 6 January 2006

COPEPODS & AMPHIPODS

Information and Facts About Copepods & Amphipods It is not unusual at one time or another when keeping a saltwater aquarium to find tiny microscopic-like white bugs swimming or crawling all over your tank. What you are most likely...

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Posted by on 6 January 2006

Bubble-tip anemone

Bubble-tip Anemone, Bubble Anemone, Bulb-tip Anemone, Bulb Anemone, Rose Anemone Entacmaea quadricolor History I obtained this specimen from a local fish store on 26th January 2000 and placed it in my 60g tank. My logbook says it was 4" across...

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Posted by on 4 June 2001

Rock Anemones

Rock Anemones Unknown sp. (Anemonia sp.?) History I obtained one of these anemones (approx. 2" disc) as a hitchhiker on a piece of live rock on 3rd November 1999 and put it in my 12g tank under very low light...

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Posted by on 4 June 2001