Zoa Eating Spider

[Car-Los]

Back in February I dipped some zoanthids I had purchased online in peroxide, after observing them for a few minutes I saw some zoa eating spiders floating in the cup.

I discarded those frags and all but one zoa eating spider, which I kept in small container. I have over 30 different zoanthids in my reef tank so I proceeded to dip all of them just to be safe.

I decided to keep the zoa eating spider to photograph it, but never really got to it. The container sat behind my reef tank for four months. This morning I needed an extra container to transport some frags to a coworker. I remembered I had the container housing the zoa eating spider, my intentions were to dump the spider, clean the container and reuse it but after observing the spider for a few seconds I noticed it moved!

Yep! It’s still alive, it survived 4 months in under 2 ounces of saltwater. The spider lost all its coloration but it’s still hanging on! Incredible.

 

[josh515025]

Burn it with fire!!!! Lol

 

[thatmanMIKEson]

Is that CGI, thats cool in uv!

 

[Car-Los]

Is that CGI, thats cool in uv!

It’s not CGI, it glows like that under UV lights. He did lose all his color, that’s probably why he glows. The spider is still alive by the way

 

[TheDragonsReef]

Feed him and keep him haha

 

[Car-Los]

Feed him and keep him haha

I placed an aiptasia anemone inside his container, I’m assuming he’s feeding on it since he’s holding on to it the same way the spiders feed on zoanthids

 

[nano reef]

Is that CGI, thats cool in uv!

What is CGI. I found a 6 leg spider on some frags. I assumed it was a zoa eating one but just pulled pics of those up and they have 8 legs and a long body. This thing looks like a serpent starfish sort of! Very round center and very long legs! I will post a pic tomorrow when I figure out how!

 

[thatmanMIKEson]

Its known as Computer-generated imagery= CGI ....because that photo looks so crazy!

 

[G Santana]

Indestructible!!! That's amazing