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			 It's amazing how much a little research can alleviate alot of the initial creepyness in this hobby. 
		
	
		
		
		
		
		
	
		
		
	
	
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			 When I added some mature live rock to my tank from a friends, one of the rocks was crawling with these guys, and the first time I fed the tank they all started crawling out waving their arms about... definitely creeped me out.  
		
	
		
		
		
		
		
	
		
		
	
	
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			 I love those guys, I rescue a bunch every few days when I toss out my filter floss and they've ended up there. 
		
	
		
		
		
		
		
	
		
		
	
	
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			 Not trying to hijack your thread, but want to talk about creepy, other day i had my hand in my tank moving something and I looked up to talk to my wife for a minute and I felt something on my hand, looked back and there was a 3-4 inch crab I had never seen before crawling onto my hand. As girly as this sounds I am still not a fan of putting my hand into the tank haha. However I did manage to coax it out with a piece of shrimp and then kill it with a skewer! 
		
	
		
		
		
		
		
	
		
		
	
	
	It is always weird when you see something in your tank you never have before.  | 
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			 hahaha, that was kinda mean, feel free to hijack thread with stories & pics. 
		
	
		
		
		
		
		
	
		
		
	
	
	yeah id be surprised was hiding in those rocks. they dont call them live for nothing haha. i got a mantis shrimp in there i saw when i first added the rock, bearly a inch big, but every now and then like right now i hear it clickin as it hits something, so far no inverts have been killed and it hasnt shown it self in over a month.  | 
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			 oh man! i would have absolutely put that crab into my tank!  
		
	
		
		
		
		
		
	
		
		
	
	
	aw well, next time i guess  | 
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			 5 years ago I lost my mind the first time i saw an amphipod at night, then i was convinced my isopods were going to eat all the fish and corals in my tank, then some orange coraline started growing and i was sure it was orange death... one thing i have learned looking at fish tanks is relaxing, owning them is NOT.   
		
	
		
		
		
		
		
	
		
		
	
	
	Biggest thing is to just chill because it will all balance out eventually, throwing money at a problem might speed up the fix, but overall time is what fixes all in the reef tank.  |