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    Help IDing crabs

    While I wouldn't disagree that spoons aren't the only shapes used for algae, I think spoon shaped chelae almost always do indicate a diet that is mostly algae. -coralcrab
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    Help IDing crabs

    So there are several species of Mithraculus, the genus that the "Emerald Crab" is assigned to. Telling the difference between all of them is a matter of counting spines and bumps. Yours is most likely Mithraculus forceps (the emerald is Mithraculus sculptus). What matters for your purposes...
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    Hitch hiker

    Hi, It's Tetralia- or a "Coral Keeper Crab" and if you get a better shot of the coloration I can tell you which species- but the eyestripe and pale coloration gets it down to three species: T. cavimana, T. nigrolineata, and T. ocucaerulea. As well as the difference in coral host families...
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    New fish - male Orange Throat Pike Blenny

    Cool fish! In my experience with a related species (Chaenopsis limbaughi) they were obligate burrowers in seagrass beds. Are you setting anything up anything special for them? How about temperature?
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    Coral ID

    I'm not sure if I should chime in or not, but here we go...please keep in mind I'm trying to be helpful, not just being a jerk. I'm curious which of Dr. Veron's work is being referred to when someone cites 'Veron'? Is this 'Corals of the World'? Or one of his earlier works? Charlie Veron is...
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    bugs on sps

    Right, there certainly is a species of Acropora 'Acropora millepora', in the family Acroporidae. Montipora (also a genus in the Acroporidae) certainly does get Tegastid copepods- at least out on the reef, if they have been seen yet in the hobby, I don't know. Meanwhile there is an entire...
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    bugs on sps

    I'm sure this was just a typo, but it could have major implications for someone's tank- the above statement should read "any Acropora and MONTIPORA, since they're in the Acropora family." 'cause the firecorals are actually calcified hydrozoans, and have their own family. -coralcrab
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    Another Aiptasia question

    For what it's worth, Aiptasia won't die from loosing their lightsource. We use this technique to encourage them to bleach for Symbiodinium studies in the lab. They do shrink.
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    New

    Hi, I'm Sea. I'm a coral reef biologist, just checking out all the stuff yall have learned over the years. I'm setting up my first "closed system" tank for a Marine Biology class that I'm teaching, and getting a kick out of learning all about corals from a very different perspective...
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