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10-14-2001, 11:00 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2000
Location: Holbrook, NewYork, USA
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Aaackk!!!! Why Me?
I wake up this morning to find how my tank is thriving, i counted 38 bristle worms on the glass, with hundreds of pods, i even found a star fish (COOL) a tiger serpent star! i want one of those, now i dont have to order one
 but then.... i look to the far left corner, and see a strange looking pod perched on a cerith shell, i go in for a closer look, and i nearly started crying, whats the only invert that can make a grown aquarist cry? i attached a pic of a mantis shrimp from another site that looks almost exactly like it (i cant find the camera for the life of me!it is about 1 cm long, and 1 mm wide, also it isnt the ONLY ONE! I counted 12!!!!!   only difference, is mine dont have their "claws" tucked in, they are out, and ready to fight!  Im afraid it looks a little too much like one! why me? i dont even know how to get small ones ike that, they keep ducking behind rocks... mark |
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10-14-2001, 11:21 AM
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 better you then me...I'm sorry, that was uncalled for that really sucks man.................
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10-14-2001, 11:38 AM
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Sorry, tried to delete this post but it wont let me.
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10-14-2001, 12:23 PM
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I am sorry to hear that. If they are still really small then maybe you could syphon them out when you see them.
Firefish: If you want to remove your comments then you could just edit your post and replace all of the text with a period or something. Andrew
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10-14-2001, 12:37 PM
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Join Date: May 2001
Location: Northern CA
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fishkid,really sounds like amphipods,not mantis shrimp.mantis shrimps will DEFINITELY not occur in groups of twelve.you do know what an amphipod looks like ,right?
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10-14-2001, 01:43 PM
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Governor
Join Date: Aug 2000
Location: Holbrook, NewYork, USA
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Ok, you just made me feel very stupid
 Im glad they are not mantis shrimp! that was the first time i ever saw an amphipod  at least my tank is thriving god i feel dumb!  Mark |
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10-14-2001, 01:49 PM
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Location: Northern CA
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fishkid,when you start seeing amphipods in decent numbers(especially if you didnt specifically add any)along with the other life youre describing,i would say youre tanks is definitely thriving,and you have a nice diverse ecosystem devoloping
and dont feel dumb,everyone has a first time |
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10-15-2001, 10:06 AM
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I felt the same way when I started seeing these buggers! I was like "woah my tank is infested with bugs!!" but then I did some research and found out people actually buy these things and put them in there tank for some reason. I'm not quite sure what they're good for. They're probably food for certain types of fish or shrimp or whatev.
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10-15-2001, 10:10 AM
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amphipods are some of the best scavengers/algea grazers you can have.just cause you dont often see them cleaning up,dont think they arent hard at work all night
all that ,and a natural perpetual food source for many of the fish we keep.nothing bad about any of that |
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10-15-2001, 10:19 AM
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Right on! I guess this means I have one killer clean-up crew! I had no idea amphipods were algea grazers! very interesting.
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10-15-2001, 12:30 PM
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Join Date: May 2001
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FishKid: Listen To Me And Only Me!
Don't believe these other posers! Go with your gut instincts and siphon every last one of those killers out of there. Carefully package them, and send them to me at:
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10-15-2001, 04:12 PM
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Governor
Join Date: Aug 2000
Location: Holbrook, NewYork, USA
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LMAO!!!
Will do! mark |
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10-16-2001, 01:57 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2000
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I have many many mysis shrimp that are a little scary looking at first too; they grow to almost 1 cm.
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10-16-2001, 04:09 PM
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Governor
Join Date: Aug 2000
Location: Holbrook, NewYork, USA
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i have 100's of baby hermits swimming around, they hatched about 4 weeks ago! and them being still alive is a good sign!
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