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vangvace 
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Posted: July 31 2004 at 7:47pm |
Sorry for the bad picture. I've noticed that I have a bunch of these little critters in my tank. I think they may be eating/harassing my Zoanthids. The largerest one I've seen is about 1cm long. It is brown/orange and purple in color. Sorry about the picture being grainy but I used paint to get it down to size.
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Mark Peterson
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Posted: August 01 2004 at 9:11am |
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I believe this has come up before. I believe they are harmful, but who actually removes them? Maybe most people don't notice them and they eventually die off or are themselves eaten by a Wrasse or Damsel. Maybe we usually grow Zooanthids faster than these critters can eat them up!
That's my 2 cents, I hope someone else knows more.
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Posted: August 01 2004 at 9:18am |
They look like a critter from Star Trek. Remember the bug they put in some guy's ear once?
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Posted: August 01 2004 at 3:14pm |
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They are a zoo eater. A type of Nudibranch if I remember right, remove them if you can find them.
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Posted: August 30 2004 at 5:13pm |
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RENEE IT WAS IN WRAITH OF KANN AND IT'S A REAL CLASSIC
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Posted: August 30 2004 at 5:16pm |
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I am so happy that someone knew what I meant. Yes, definitely a classic. The Trouble with Tribbles was a lot more fun, though. Well, it wasn't a movie. Weren't they cute?
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Posted: August 31 2004 at 11:27am |
"Bot-ony Bay...Botony Bay, hurry captain we must get out of here"
"They wrap themselves around the cerebral cortex...rendering the person extremely susceptible to suggestion"
"It killed my dear wife."
 I once lived in an area that bordered on the city of Botany Bay, Australia!
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Posted: August 31 2004 at 2:06pm |
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that is a zoo eating nudies... bad bad bad. unless someone has a sps tank and wants to get rid of some zoo's.
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