So tons of organisms have come out of our live rock. The first inhabitant we noticed was a fan worm. Now we have 14 fan worms growing on one of the rocks (see the picture above).
We have lots of little organisms, like water bugs. Some are little dot-like creatures with little legs on all sides which cling to the glass. They were our first little water bug like creatures. You can see some of them in the first picture under the "Aquarium Started" post. There were tons of them until the water bug which eats them began to multiply. It is a little larger and looks like a see-through potato bug. Now we have tons of them running around on the rocks and tank floor. The fish will eat them, hungrily.
We have little slug-like creatures. The fold over on themselves and pump to swim around the tank. They eat off of the tank wall and the rocks. We are not sure what they are, but they are neat!
We think we saw 3 bristle worms, but have not seem them in about 1 month. We are hoping they are not multiplying!
One of the coolest organism (and the newest find) was a brittle star. It is a tiny little starfish like animal and has only been out about 2 times. We are hoping it will multiply!
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Hubs is bummed that he won't be taking underwater pictures tonight. How's iPinch doing? :)
I'll see about picking my monkey picks this afternoon - all ready have a theme in mind :)
The brittle star is a tiny what?
LKM: iPinch has changed shells again - and one of the blue-legged crabs took his old shell right away again. He has not been out a ton lately, but he kind of seems to cycle like that, a few days in his little hole/house and then a few days out and about in the tank.
Thanks for the monkey picks!
Zoe: The brittle star looks kind of like a starfish. But instead of its arms being thicker, they are very thin, accentuating the roundness of its body. Many starfish eat coral and can not be in coral tanks, but brittle stars are very good for coral tanks. Here is a picture of one.
the brittle star is beautiful. How do you get anything done? I think I'd spend too much time just watching the tank!
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