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08-28-2007, 09:03 AM
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Shark
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Ontario, CA
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New addition w/pics
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08-28-2007, 09:04 AM
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Big Fishy
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Lakeland, FL
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awesome!
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08-28-2007, 09:06 AM
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This water tastes salty
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Northern Indiana
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They have those at lfs here locally, thought about one, what do they eat??
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08-28-2007, 09:10 AM
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Shark
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Ontario, CA
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yeah they are pretty awsome, our LFS never get them! They are a scavenger just like hermits and eat the same. They burrow under the sand and you dont see them for days.
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08-28-2007, 09:14 AM
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Now What?
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: charleston, sc
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Nice horseshoe. I saw a huge one in the boat Sunday musta been 12" across his back.
They are illegal to have here. I think they are used for medicine someway. But very cool creatures.
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08-28-2007, 09:53 AM
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Shark
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Ontario, CA
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Thanks  .. and yes, they are very cool indeed. Hopefully he wont grow that fast, but I have seen some pics of some pretty massive ones! |
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08-28-2007, 11:31 AM
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I've got the REEF rash!
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: New Jersey
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Great pics!They don't live long in tanks.
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08-28-2007, 11:36 AM
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Forever Reef
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: WV
Posts: 2,207
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let me know how it relates with coral, as far as tossing rock around & such, i have wanted one for a long time
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08-28-2007, 12:46 PM
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Professor Chaos
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Arkham Asylum
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nice. If i am not mistaken their blood is used to detect infection in human blood... not sure how it works but i know they are protected in many places. cool addition.
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08-28-2007, 12:46 PM
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Shark
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Ontario, CA
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ChilisREasy
let me know how it relates with coral, as far as tossing rock around & such, i have wanted one for a long time |
they spend most of thier time under the sand, but if you have lots of coral on the sandbed, as it travels under them it could knock them over.As for not living long in tanks, I know a guy who had one for years. But I guess I will find out
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08-28-2007, 12:48 PM
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Shark
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Ontario, CA
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Twitterbait
nice. If i am not mistaken their blood is used to detect infection in human blood... not sure how it works but i know they are protected in many places. cool addition.
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Thanks, and yes, you are right, they have a crazy immune system that instantly battles off bacteria making them worth alot in some areas for the medical world.
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08-28-2007, 03:54 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: SF Bay Area, CA
Posts: 430
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wow.. I was just thinking about getting one of these to keep the top of my sand bed mixed over nicely.. but I read they might deplete the sand bed of it's good crittters though.. super neet critters regardless of that6.. I am still tempted to get a very small one.. like 1" or 2" size.. |
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