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SJinNJ Fish Addict Posts: 568 Kudos: 447 Votes: 16 Registered: 21-May-2003	I don't keep salt water fish. I was at a new doctor's office today and they had a huge salt water aquarium. Most of the fish I could make out, a yellow tang, a few clown fishes, but there was this thing I couldn't. It was all red, with four arms, sort of like a spider, maybe 10 inches long from arm to arm, on the bottom of the tank. It was under alot of rock, so I could really never get a good look at it. What is it?
Posted 01-Mar-2010 23:39
Shinigami Ichthyophile Catfish/Oddball Fan Posts: 9962 Kudos: 2915 Registered: 22-Feb-2001	Edited 02-Mar-2010 05:39 10"? That's pretty huge. My first guess is an arrow crab, but I don't know how big they get. Arrow crabs, are kind of spider-like, though. -------------------------------------------- The aquarist is one who must learn the ways of the biologist, the chemist, and the veterinarian.
Posted 02-Mar-2010 05:39
SJinNJ Fish Addict Posts: 568 Kudos: 447 Votes: 16 Registered: 21-May-2003	Maybe I should added more info. It had four arms, each about 4 inches long. In the midlle was a sort of egg shaped body. Whatever it was there did seem to be any armor, like a crab. it's arms sort of just waved and it seemes to move on the little current there was.
Posted 02-Mar-2010 12:05
brandeeno Mega Fish Posts: 929 Kudos: 636 Registered: 13-Sep-2007	Edited 02-Mar-2010 18:38 was it a fish or some kind of invert? from your description it sounds kinda like a lion fish but i'm probably totally off! http://www.pbase.com/tmcope/image/75378513&exif=Y (you'll need to copy and paste for some reason the link isn't working). \\\\\\\"an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of the cure\\\\\\\"
Posted 02-Mar-2010 18:36
Shinigami Ichthyophile Catfish/Oddball Fan Posts: 9962 Kudos: 2915 Registered: 22-Feb-2001	A red Brittle star...? I'm having a hard time imagining what you're trying to describe. -------------------------------------------- The aquarist is one who must learn the ways of the biologist, the chemist, and the veterinarian.
Posted 04-Mar-2010 03:27
Kellyjhw Big Fish My bubble... Posts: 405 Kudos: 217 Votes: 471 Registered: 22-Nov-2008	Edited 04-Mar-2010 04:04 Okay could it be one of these? http://www.seashells.org/identcatagories/starfish.htm Or the frogffish in this link? http://www.richard-seaman.com/Underwater/Indonesia/Lembeh/Highlights/index.html TTFN --->Ta-Ta-For-Now Kelly ;o}
Posted 04-Mar-2010 03:46


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