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Old 12-14-2006, 03:38 PM
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I don't know why this would be but it seems to me that they don't bore into rock in our tanks, just attach. But in the wild they are most definitely enveloped in the rock. I should try to dig up some pictures I have of them on the GBR when I was there a few years back. It's pretty bizarre looking just seeing the mantles out on the reef, no clam shells visible at all.

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They'll attach to the bottom, I wonder if they can bore into starboard at all. Even ones that sit in the sand usually are holding on to some kind of rock or shell, to protect the opening.
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I think that the rocks actually "grow" around them.

Here's a shot taken in Bora Bora two years ago.


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Old 12-14-2006, 04:20 PM
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Cool shot. Wow Bora-Bora, I'd love to get there some day. Been a dream destination for most of my adult life.
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