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06/10/2014, 08:49 AM
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Need ID, Spider in tank out of nowhere!
I have had a tank set up for about a 2.5 months now. There is live rock and sand in there, along with a small clean up crew, a damsel, and a clown. I was doing some maintenance the other day and out of the rock came a spider. I looked up Sea Spiders and it looks nothing like them. It's been moving around the rocks now for 3-4 days.
Can someone help identify this? Is it safe for the environment? |
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06/10/2014, 09:04 AM
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There are many different species of sea spiders. You'll want to remove it.
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06/10/2014, 09:57 AM
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06/10/2014, 10:00 AM
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i'd probably throw my tank away.
sorry im no help |
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06/10/2014, 10:27 AM
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CAn you get a better picture. All I see are legs. If it is a sea spider you will want to remove it.
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06/10/2014, 11:29 AM
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I just scooped it out during my lunch, is that any better? Like I said does not look anything like a what I see while searching images of Sea Spiders.
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06/10/2014, 11:32 AM
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Yikes!! That looks like a terrestrial spider.
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06/10/2014, 12:06 PM
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Freaky.
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06/10/2014, 12:08 PM
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if this isnt a troll post, thats the weirdest thing in a loooooong time
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06/10/2014, 12:15 PM
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***???? I've been in the reef hobby for about 25 or so years now and I've never seen anything like that in a tank.
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06/10/2014, 12:21 PM
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Thanks...I won't be putting my hands in my tank for a while now.
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06/10/2014, 12:24 PM
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Looks like Desis martensi.
http://www.nparks.gov.sg/cms/docs/re...20martensi.pdf http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2003-01/rs/index.htm
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06/10/2014, 12:26 PM
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I have seen water spiders on top of the pond I grew up on in Lakeville ,MA but I have never seen any saltwater spiders except a spider crab ...Amazing!!! Thanks for sharing! I guess you can find just about anything coming in with live rock!
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06/10/2014, 12:38 PM
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Wow that is disgusting. That will make anyone think twice before placing a hand in their tank. Did you see it eating any coral? I read the reef keeping article and it said that they are predatory.
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06/10/2014, 01:10 PM
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Thanks TankCla, that looks the closest to anything else I have seen. I have removed the spider from the tank!
TallBall, luckily the tank is still relatively new and I have no coral for it to munch on. Creeped me out when I was cleaning up though thats for sure. Thanks everyone! |
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06/10/2014, 01:17 PM
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Please see my sig line.
 This includes all variety.
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06/10/2014, 01:29 PM
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TY for the nightmares I will endure tonight!
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06/10/2014, 01:31 PM
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Where are you located? Where did you get the rock from? Do not release the spider, you don't want to introduce an alien specie into your native fauna. Donate it to your local aquarium/zoo/museum/university/school.
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06/10/2014, 02:44 PM
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You are saying that spider was alive and living under water? Oh, what a web we weave....
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06/10/2014, 03:18 PM
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Wow, what did you end up doing with it?
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06/10/2014, 06:06 PM
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06/10/2014, 07:28 PM
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AYYYYEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE can you light a tank on fire?
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06/10/2014, 07:30 PM
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No venomous spider is reef safe. Specially if it can get out of the tank.
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06/10/2014, 07:45 PM
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Please, please let this memory go deep into my subconcious never to surface again!
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06/10/2014, 08:19 PM
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I did not get in this hobby to raise spiders... specially under water spiders..
OP, time to burn your house down and take a picture.. instant internet celebrity
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