Sea Spider
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Topic: Sea Spider
Posted By: SGH360
Subject: Sea Spider
Date Posted: November 02 2010 at 1:23pm
| well i just got a frag today, and spotted a sea spider as big as a zoa polyp, it was white i manage to squish it and die, i was wondering what are the problems this guys can cause? do they reproduce asexually? |
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Posted By: CapnMorgan
Date Posted: November 02 2010 at 1:29pm
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No they don't reproduce asexually. Sea spiders almost always end up eating corals, fish, or inverts you want to keep alive. So in short, if you have one kill it. ------------- Steve http://utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=40637&PID=356246" rel="nofollow - My Old 180G Mixed Reef Currently: 120G Wavefront Mixed 29G Seahorse & Softies Running ReefAngel Plus x2 435-8 |
Posted By: Mark Peterson
Date Posted: November 03 2010 at 12:54am
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Could it have been a Shrimp Larvae?
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Posted By: SGH360
Date Posted: November 03 2010 at 2:41am
| nope it was a sea spider it looked like a daddy long leg, but micro size, i thought aiptasia was the only thing to worry about when i picked up the frag |
Posted By: Mark Peterson
Date Posted: November 03 2010 at 9:21am
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Do you have a Wrasse in this tank?
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Posted By: SGH360
Date Posted: November 03 2010 at 11:38am
| i do have a sixline wrasse, i never see him eating anything when it times to eat but its healthy |
Posted By: Mark Peterson
Date Posted: November 03 2010 at 6:10pm
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The Six-line would have had that Spider for lunch.
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Posted By: Shane H
Date Posted: November 03 2010 at 11:09pm
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I was hoping to see a picture of an arrow crab. My wife calls those sea spiders! (she is not a fan!) |
Posted By: Mark Peterson
Date Posted: November 04 2010 at 8:20am
I would not be surprised to learn that a larval Arrow Crab could be
easily mistaken for a Sea Spider. This is why I only kill the known
pests. Everything but known pests are allowed to live in my systems. Out of
dozens of my own tanks and hundreds of other peoples tanks I've cared for over the years, you could probably make the list of
common pests I found it necessary to eliminate.  Here is an example. I found this in a Pocillipora. What do you think it could be?  ------------- Reefkeeping Tips, & quick, easy setup tricks: www.utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9244 Pay it forward - become a paid WMAS member
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Posted By: Lewy
Date Posted: November 04 2010 at 11:13am
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I would say a shrimp larva of some kind. ------------- 40 gal w/ 20 sump |
Posted By: SGH360
Date Posted: November 04 2010 at 12:39pm
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mine did not look like that it was just a dot with eight legs, isnt that a peppermint larva?
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Posted By: CapnMorgan
Date Posted: November 04 2010 at 1:23pm
I have a ton of those in my tank. I always see them at about 6am when I get home from work. ------------- Steve http://utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=40637&PID=356246" rel="nofollow - My Old 180G Mixed Reef Currently: 120G Wavefront Mixed 29G Seahorse & Softies Running ReefAngel Plus x2 435-8 |
Mark Peterson wrote:Posted By: dave huish
Date Posted: February 02 2011 at 12:30am
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Certain Sea Spiders can be very nasty. Sounds like you had one.
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