SRC Member hamannbmw Posted November 9, 2005 SRC Member Share Posted November 9, 2005 yesterday when lights off, use torach light and found one bugger hiding inbetween my red mili branches, sharing its home with 2 other acro crabs. Serach the web, since can find an ID for this creature.....this is what I have drawn, as close as possible to what I saw last night. Its body its super fat, looks like it had a very soft shell. Can someone advise what the hell is it ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member iantoh Posted November 9, 2005 SRC Member Share Posted November 9, 2005 hi hamannbmw, does it look somewhat like this? or least the eyes? Quote My Goniopora Nano! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member hamannbmw Posted November 9, 2005 Author SRC Member Share Posted November 9, 2005 No it doesnt look like it at all. Its eyes is almost like crabs (with short protruding stem and eyeballs) and it had a very fat and round body(not flat) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member hamannbmw Posted November 9, 2005 Author SRC Member Share Posted November 9, 2005 did a search again, suspect it could be some sort of anemone shrimps.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lightningstrike Posted November 9, 2005 Share Posted November 9, 2005 how abt this (isopod)? Quote Austin the Westie: "I may be your best friend, but you are my everything". Lightning Strike's Back!!! Reefkeeping Is Not My Hobby, It's My Obsession. Austin's Birthday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lightningstrike Posted November 9, 2005 Share Posted November 9, 2005 or this (zoanthid spider)? Quote Austin the Westie: "I may be your best friend, but you are my everything". Lightning Strike's Back!!! Reefkeeping Is Not My Hobby, It's My Obsession. Austin's Birthday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FuEl Posted November 9, 2005 Share Posted November 9, 2005 wow..creative drawing.. Sounds like a squat lobster? Then again squat lobsters don't hop. Maybe it's a giant amphipod. Quote Always something more important than fish. http://reefbuilders.com/2012/03/08/sps-pico-reef/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member hamannbmw Posted November 9, 2005 Author SRC Member Share Posted November 9, 2005 thanks guys for all the pic, it doesnt look like one..... thats why I'm posting here after I did numerous search in the web, what I can say is, it does looks similiar to anamone shrimps, but of slightly different shapes and colours And yes, Fuel, it does looks alittle like the squat lobster, but I cant see its claw........and the colours seems different Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member iantoh Posted November 9, 2005 SRC Member Share Posted November 9, 2005 if its in your red milli colony, does it happen to be red in colour? think youve probably already eliminated the emperor shrimp, but its the only shrimp i think of as fat, so heres an emperor shrimp pic. if it looks like an anemone shrimp, maybe in the family urocaridella? Quote My Goniopora Nano! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member hamannbmw Posted November 9, 2005 Author SRC Member Share Posted November 9, 2005 Hi Ian, Thanks for the pic, I doesnt look like one. In fact i've never seen a shrimp in any LFS, forum or here in SRC that looks like what I had. I'll try to get it out one day and post a pic of that, this fellow really looks weird to me... I had posted my drawings in RC, but seems like there isnt any ID yet....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member iantoh Posted November 9, 2005 SRC Member Share Posted November 9, 2005 well, you can always email wetwebmedia and give bob fenner an ID test. haha. wonder if he still mans the emails there. its cool to have these creatures anyhows. i mean, weird creatures are always welcome in my tank, and its quite fun finding something in your tank that you knew nothing of, and which has been living a secret life in your household all this while. maybe its a setlling nauplii of acro crabs that have spawned in your tank- if that were so, itd be a momentus thing seeing as its never been documented. well, all the best ID-ing the creature. cheers Quote My Goniopora Nano! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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