hopefully it is one. at first to looked manmade it was so uniform and thought maybe knob star. but when I went to touch it it retracted. if it is, spot dose with phyto? I have an order of Dinkin's coming this week.
Yeah, you'd feed the phyto into the flow that blows into the tunicate if you want to try and help it do well.
Yeah, that looks like a crab or similar claw to me.
Sorry to interject here, but maybe you can help me. I started a small tank with TBS rock and sand, been running since November 13th. Within the last couple of weeks I’ve noticed at least three individual small crabs. I have never been able to get a great look at them, but I had feared these were gorilla crabs. I can definitely see them waving their little wavers all day long, as you said. Do gorilla crabs also exhibit this behavior? If not, then maybe I do have porcelain crabs after all, which would be great. Thanks for your help!
I think Gorillas look like they have their claws dipped in chocolate.
Hmmm, thank you. I can’t say I’ve gotten a good look at their claws. They are always in a dark nook of rock, and if I hit them with a flashlight they quickly retreat further into the rock. I can see their little waivers going, that’s how I first spotted them.
friendly wave ;-)
It works as a downloadable video - yeah, that's a porcelain crab.
No problem - lots of people struggle to upload videos on the forum here. Most people I've seen upload them to YouTube and then link them here, or they just post it as a downloadable video like yours.
Mad & Joc, is that thing in the beginning of this thread a giant tunicate?
Porcelain Crab These reef safe crabs are fascinating to observe filtering water for tiny tidbits. They are frequent hitchhikers on TBS live rock.
Yes, solitary tunicate / sea squirt.
Thank you. it's really big.
