[brighteyes_cm]

we have 2 hitchhiker crabs in our tank that we love to look at after dark. Theyre always out and about cleaning the rocks.
last night i was watching them and suddenly out of a hole near the larger crab there was this little electric blue flash in the shape of an upside down horseshoe. the crabs quickly hitailed it out of the area. i continued to look for it later that night but didnt see it again

are there phosphorescent(sp) creatures that live in live rock?
was i seeing things last night?
do you think it was good or bad?

any help would be appreciated.

 

[ReefDave]

hmm........im gonna go with aliens on this one....

 

[brighteyes_cm]

if i hadnt seen it with my own eyes i would have thought i was up too late and seeing things, but the way my crabs just took off, it was definately something in the rock!

 

[Doug1]

Hmmmmmmmm the only thing I can think of thats electric blue is the sparking Flame Scallops. Mantis shrimp evoke that kind of fear reaction

 

[brighteyes_cm]

please dont say mantis!!!

so chances are its a nasty???

 

[MontanaRocknReefer]

I would say treat it as nasty and just keep a close eye on the spot you saw it flash from and see what develops!

 

[Buzz_Hog]

and don't put your fingers in that hole!!!! :idea:

 

[thefatman]

i vote for electric flame scallops. sounds exaclty like what you described. specially the color and shape of the spark. could be a baby.

 

[dotel]

I had a electice flame, I loved it, till it got cooked in the great tank cookage of may 2003

 

[brighteyes_cm]

thanks for the feedback guys, ill keep my eyes open

one good thing, i saw both crabs again tonight, happily eating.

 

[tdwyatt]

Papparazzi shrimp? :idea: :funny: :funny: :funny:

 

[brighteyes_cm]

yhe one thing i love most about this place is i usually leave laughing thanks guys

 

[Geoff]

where is your LR from? back when caribean LR was the norm, i used to get all kinds of phosphorescent worms. they would come out at night and flash. they would flash again a minute or two later. they were very difficult to see. the secound any light got near them they would duck into their holes in the LR. i have not seen any of them with all of my Figi LR.

G~

 

[brighteyes_cm]

ours is all Fiji rock,

whatever it was its keeping a low profile, i couldnt find it last night, i did however find that my hitchhiker crab pop is actually closer to 4 (2 biggies, 1 med, 1 small) im sure there are more too.

i hope these guys are good crabs, they are bigger than my hermit and my odd emerald.