My Bali rock arrived today!

[Zissou]

I hope this is Aiptasia I've been killing. I have the brown ones that I always see in fish stores, and then I have these, which are yellow with banded stripes, I've convinced myself that that's what they are, and have lime juiced a few. Anyone want to confirm it? :)

Some more of the crab. He's since found a cave and hasn't come out.

Sorry for all the pictures.

 

[Bifferwine]

Yep, that's aiptasia. Kill away.

 

[Zissou]

Sweet. Thanks!

I got an id on the crab, eriphia smithi or literally rough red eyed crab. Looks like I'm going to have to catch him in a jar and get rid of him, maybe throw him in my friends' sump.

 

[rdang]

if it has clams and mussels, has it been cured? Usually that stuff all dies in the curing process, right?

 

[bjohanson1234]

If they picked the stuff then shipped it overnight, and it stayed wet, then there is a chance that it doesnt need to be re-cured and the stuff will live.

Brian

 

[Zissou]

Yeah they sell both cured and uncured at PA, so I figured I'd pay the extra 50 cents per pound and get cured. The largest clam is only about an inch across, I took some video of him pulling himself into a crevice with a foot. Guess he didn't like where he was, he's the second one I've seen traveling to new spots.

 

[dcantucson]

He probably was moving to find more/less suitable lighting or water flow.