shrewd stomatella varia

Mr Hanky-Tanky

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Hi all,
i just finished transfering the contents of my 29g to my new 54g. Among the last remaining inhabitant i found crawling at the bottom of the 29g were a few stomatella varia.
I transfered them all but here is the interesting part:

one of them was adhering pretty hard to a pipe and even after pulling gently for several seconds it wouldn't detach. Well, we were both getting older, so i pulled harder and its tail detached from its body, like a gecko would do.

The tail kept wiggling for at least 1 minute while the stoma tried to sneak out.

Has anyone else experienced this?
 
a ha ha ha... just to revive an old thread...:D
This happened to me. i decided to remove a stomatella from my fuge, but couldn't quite get him, and ended up ripping him in half (ouch):( However, he's fine and doing great, as i see him almost every day, and just today found him spawning.:eek:
 
Yep, normal behavior (dropping their "tail" portion).

Kevin
 
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