Nylaspop Posted December 18, 2008 Share Posted December 18, 2008 would would you say this is? http://s153.photobucket.com/albums/s225/ny...ooking%20beast/ it walks very similar to a daddy long leg spider but is about the 1/3 of the size of a dime maybe even a little smaller if you click on full size image you can see the picture better Link to comment
ddr_phish Posted December 18, 2008 Share Posted December 18, 2008 Baby Sally Lightfoot maybe? Or the more likely culprit http://zoaid.com/index.php?module=Gallery2&g2_itemId=396 Zoanthid Eating Spider Link to comment
ajmckay Posted December 18, 2008 Share Posted December 18, 2008 Looks like some sort of miniature starfish. If it is, most likely it's reef safe. I got a piece of LR a month ago crawling with tiny whitish looking stars and they've since multiplied and seem to be doing fine. On the other hand I would say better safe than sorry... If you are suspicious it is probably for good reason... Some other questions you may want to ask are: 1) Where did you find it? 2) How does it move? 3) What does it look like under a magnifying glass? Link to comment
Nylaspop Posted December 18, 2008 Author Share Posted December 18, 2008 not a starfish has 8 legs, it moves like a daddy long leg would move and i found it creeping around on a piece of live rock, it doesnt look like any of the starfish i have come across... i dont have a magnifying glass so i cant answer # 3 Link to comment
er1c_the_reefer Posted December 18, 2008 Share Posted December 18, 2008 its a zoanthid eating spider. let me dig up a picture Link to comment
Nylaspop Posted December 18, 2008 Author Share Posted December 18, 2008 its body structure looks more like a sea spider then it does a zoa eater... but are sea spiders keepers or tossers? Link to comment
revaltion131 Posted December 18, 2008 Share Posted December 18, 2008 Stars don't have jointed legs. I agree on the sea spider, or at a long shot, possibly an arrow crab. Link to comment
Diatome Posted December 18, 2008 Share Posted December 18, 2008 Sea Spider. If you have a fuge, give it a home. It's debatable, for me, on keep or toss. Do so research. Though I do have to say, larger ones TOTALLY FREAK ME OUT! Link to comment
lakshwadeep Posted December 18, 2008 Share Posted December 18, 2008 zoanthid eating spiders are sea spiders. They are very dangerous because, like terrestrial spiders, they can only eat soft things, like corals. Link to comment
Diatome Posted December 18, 2008 Share Posted December 18, 2008 They are but we reefers always have some way to differentiate these things and saying one is a sea spider and one is a zoa eating spider works. "those with short legs that are often predatory or ectoparasitic on animals such as hydroids and corals, and those with long legs which are often predatory on other animals" -Ron Shimek Link to comment
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