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general
August 28th, 2006, 10:47 PM
Some time ago I posted a thread about my zoos disappearing, and then reappearing.
Folks called me mad.
They kept disappearing and reappearing.
I thought I was mad.
I finally found the culprit.
Pic 1 shows where the zoos SHOULD have been
I noticed Pic 2 was what I saw in the corner - Pic 3 is how far it meandered away from my zoos.
Pic 4 is as good as I could get of the criter before he slithered away.
It concerns me somewhat that it was sedentary for several months at a time, and then they move. Now he seems interested in snuggling with my other zoos.
Reeftopia
August 29th, 2006, 12:40 AM
I have a tiny conch with the traditional white spiral with spikes that seems to be determined to live in the same spot in my zoos. I was sure it was dead, threw it on the sand bed during cleaning and it moved back by the next morning!
I certainly beleive it could grow zoos on it should it remain there for a few more weeks.
Aurel
August 29th, 2006, 10:20 AM
incredible defense strategy. a toxic coat.:bwink:
in_flight
August 29th, 2006, 02:15 PM
one of my blue legged hermit crabs had zoos growing on it's shell also, the empty shell was near my zoo garden for awhile and i guess the crab needed a new home and chose that one, it was very cool for the time that he was using it, he has since upgraded to an even bigger home
Sea MunnKey
August 29th, 2006, 02:40 PM
That gives me a great idea....:idea: . Would it be possible to glue the Zoas to the shell of the snail and have a tankful of moving Zoas?? Might look cool in a Nano...:bravo:

Paul
reefer madness
August 29th, 2006, 02:49 PM
I have a snail that has hair alga on it. I call it my Don King snail. He looks cool too! Zoas, hmmmm!

Gary
general
August 29th, 2006, 03:40 PM
The bummer part is the Zoos are doing poorly.

They used to have a brilliant orange colour, and now because they move around the tank so much, they keep retracting when the snail bumps into anything. It's also a bit of a trick because they crawl around under my huge hammer and frogspawn and get stung and close up.
JoeyR
August 29th, 2006, 09:01 PM
It's not zoos but one of my snails has a feather duster growing on it's shell. It just sort of came that way.:bwink: