After 3 1/2 weeks of live rock, sitting, growing, it was all perfect, correct. One coral (green star polyp) was added with a small clean up crew, just to see what they would do. Maybe 10 or so crabs, mostly blue legs. And I saw him...
A medium sized crab that I can only describe as 'hairy'. Emerged from the rock. As soon as I can get a shot of him I will, but it was totally out of nowhere. I've monitored perhaps a small sponge, a couple small 'feather dusters' blossoming from the live rock that I got, but I totallly didn't expect this guy making it, me being the amatuer and all. .
So I'm concerned. I want him to make it, and I'm thinking of getting some shrimp, perhaps cutting it up, and putting it in the tank, just to see if he'll come out from his elusvie hiding place and eat it. Is this a good idea or ?
There is another, that I haven't produced a proper name for yet.
Some serpant like (incorrectly bristleworm?) critter that lives in another rock. There are three serpent like tenticles that emerge at times, as if they are fishing for particulate in the water to feed upon. Checking what I could from here with some links to aquarium.net being dead, a 'medusa' is the only thing the describes it at this point. Yet another elusive critter to which I'll hopefully snap a picture of when I see it again.
Just thought I would share a thought, and show my appreciation for this site. Hopefully I can get some pictures to further enforce the story.
A medium sized crab that I can only describe as 'hairy'. Emerged from the rock. As soon as I can get a shot of him I will, but it was totally out of nowhere. I've monitored perhaps a small sponge, a couple small 'feather dusters' blossoming from the live rock that I got, but I totallly didn't expect this guy making it, me being the amatuer and all. .
So I'm concerned. I want him to make it, and I'm thinking of getting some shrimp, perhaps cutting it up, and putting it in the tank, just to see if he'll come out from his elusvie hiding place and eat it. Is this a good idea or ?
There is another, that I haven't produced a proper name for yet.
Some serpant like (incorrectly bristleworm?) critter that lives in another rock. There are three serpent like tenticles that emerge at times, as if they are fishing for particulate in the water to feed upon. Checking what I could from here with some links to aquarium.net being dead, a 'medusa' is the only thing the describes it at this point. Yet another elusive critter to which I'll hopefully snap a picture of when I see it again.
Just thought I would share a thought, and show my appreciation for this site. Hopefully I can get some pictures to further enforce the story.
