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06/07/2010, 04:20 AM
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Flashlight at night
Came across this fella. I have only seen the one Stomatella and only just now.
    The frogspawn at night. Can actually see little heads there that are normally covered up. Also is the big baggy translucent areas at the branches normal? Something its always had there and on the top stalk so guess its not something that bad.  Worm thats hard to take a picture of... all brown.  Blood red fan worm?   Whatever this is... Its flat and the end is lined by hairs. It has doubled in size in the last 2 months. The whole thing is soft and will wave with the current. Thought it was a sponge at first.  Either the flash or something walked across the hairy mushroom. 
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06/07/2010, 04:34 AM
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Ok going to bed...
Black and white worm on the rock above the mushroom, seen two now.  Saw a larger one of these (bristle worm?) but with a shiny green body and same red head area. I could be just crazy and hopped up on mtn dew at 3am tho.  
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06/07/2010, 04:42 AM
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Hmmm just now noticed a worm in the top left of the last two pics.
When I get the camera out I pick up on more things thats for sure. need to pull out the old army flashlight for the red lense. My pod population I would rate at night is in the swarm lvl... Seen the leopard wrasse pick out some large ones from around my clam during the day. See some very very very thin tree like structures in the caves of my rocks. Can see one really well in the pics of the red fanworm down and to the right if thats what it is. The funny thing about research is what you find online is never exactly the same as what your looking at  Since the duncan isnt out at night can see that its has a few more heads on the way too. |
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06/07/2010, 06:23 AM
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Neat pictures. I have always been a little scared to see what crawling and slithering around my tank once the lights go off. Thanks for sharing!
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06/07/2010, 12:17 PM
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Bristle worm. Hard to tell though but I saw his "spiny feet" in one of the pics. They aren't bad. Just try to control them and keep an eye out for them, they can multiply real fast under the right conditions. Nice pics.
Thanks!
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06/07/2010, 12:40 PM
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I didnt post the picture but I should have. Saw some green bubble algae with the flashlight. Now that im looking with the lights on I never would have caught it otherwise.
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06/07/2010, 09:16 PM
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All great pisc, thanks for sharing. It is amazing what can be seen after the lights go out. If you really want to see things, get yourself a big magnifying glass and have a look at night with your red flash light. You won't believe half thee stuff you find then.
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06/07/2010, 09:35 PM
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Its really neat how tanks take on a whole new persona at night. Critters/ fish/ inverts/ corals all seem to take "shifts". Just like the real world though, night time is a bit more perplexing and really brings out the "weirdos".
Night time is when I lurk.......
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06/07/2010, 10:45 PM
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Night time is when I lurk....... no way, not you Jay!
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06/07/2010, 11:16 PM
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06/07/2010, 11:29 PM
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Wow I had no idea
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06/07/2010, 11:55 PM
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06/08/2010, 09:19 PM
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Lurking around on forums late at night....almost as creepy as the critters in ahlebik's tank!!!
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