Why is there a spider in my tank?

[new but handy]

I got him.


Any one know what it is

[mark]

don't know what it is, but for a picture got to put the address between the [img] ... [/img]

Or just cut and paste the whole line from the img code from photobucket

[banditpowdercoat]

that thing looks mean. deffinate sump bound, or mantis food???

[justinl]

hairy, red eyes, black sharp tipped claws. that is the definition of a bad crab. to the sump he goes... unless you know someone with an octopus or a mantis shrimp

[Rbacchiega]

well that's not a nice looking little bugger.

But fwiw, there are such things as "marine spiders"...they're disgusting.

[justinl]

Originally Posted by Rbacchiega

well that's not a nice looking little bugger.

But fwiw, there are such things as "marine spiders"...they're disgusting.

hey pycnogonids are awesome! they just *suck* when they're sucking the juices out of your corals in a mosquito like fashion...

[new but handy]

I sort of figured there were marine spiders! I was 99.9% sure it was a crab but when all I ever saw of it was 4 hairy legs curling in and out of a hole in a rock. You never know.
There might be a guy coming over today with some coralline scrapings for me he has a mantis problem. I will probably give it to him. Unless you can catch it Rob, I would set up a 10g for it!
For my next seek and capture mission, the 10" bristle worm that I finally saw in full last night.

[justinl]

hunting bristleworms is a lot more trouble than it's worth. unless you actually see it eating coral, it's harmless. the coral eaters are very rare.

[BCOrchidGuy]

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