Sea Spider

Amy, just found the thread....glad the zo's are doing better...excellent shots of the little critters :)
 
Marc, I'm afraid I'd see a spider and have to uproot all the zoos and more then back to QT. Too much stress for those beauties I think. :(

Thanks Dan! :)
 
Dr Ron: If you could, please review my post (if you have time) regarding 'sea spiders.' I recently discovered one about 5mm or so in diameter, brown, and had every single charasteristic of a typical house spider. 8 Legs and all. Someone had posts a few links in reference to the spiders but my little guy looked nothing like them. All of these listed in the urls were rather skinny and large. Now mine did look more like the photos posted up above in this thread, although it had skinnier legs with a more centralized/circular body, just as if a spider fell into my tank. I watched him for roughly 30 minutes, he stayed in one corner of my tank and kept trying to climb up the glass, rather then that, he did absolutely nothing.

I tried to take a few pictures of him, they ended up a little blurry, I am still figuring out the details with my new digital camera. He was killed on accident while removing him. I attempted to pick him up with some tongs but they sliced him in half.

Any clues on a ID. I have been watching every night for more of these and have not found any. If I find any more, I will remove him with gloves and pin him down for more detailed photographs.

Thanks
 
Hi,

From your description, it could be a regular spider that fell into the tank. Sea spiders do not have a circular body.
 
with the variety of critters in reefing I'm suprised to find so many people afraid of "spiders", if ya ask me a shrimp and some crabs are just as bad
 
gah filipity ahhh sla ma ka hi gahhhhh wat i want zoo's but not thos little scarry bastards gahh a slaa caaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!! :D sorry for the useless post but AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
 
Aqua_expert19 said:
gah filipity ahhh sla ma ka hi gahhhhh wat i want zoo's but not thos little scarry bastards gahh a slaa caaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!! :D sorry for the useless post but AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
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Something tells me you don't like my Mr. Spidey..




:lol:
 
mr spidy is well gahhhh they eat my stuff and look scary its a lose lose. but if they were cool like matis shrimp its a lose win (distructive, cool looking good in a species tank and pretty)
 
Geez, I don't mind the little spiders...but those photos of the large ones are pretty scary! I'm not a huge fan of large bugs. I don't think I'd make it in a rainforest for long.

Anyone remember that scene from the Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom movie where they go through the dark passage filled with bugs? I always hated that part.

Melissa
 
Dr Ron cured my misgivings about spiders in April 2003. I remember like it was yesterday ....

As with all fireworms, this species has no jaws to bite off chunks of food, rather it must lick them to death.
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The first night after reading that bit of nightmare fuel ? :bigeyes: I was able to unclench the golf 'club' near dawn. The Wife still doesn't know. If she did then she wouldn't allow the tank in the house.

I don't miss golfing so much.
 
Just an update. 3 months later and not a pycnogonid in sight for months now. :)

Dr. Ron, would it be safe to declare myself free of these?
 
Read back through the thread including the link to the original article I wrote.

Then consider what you might need to have to keep them.
 
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