ray

A decorator crab!
he is a fun little guy...





i'm pretty excited about this!

Shawnie

thats a really cool tagalong! there must be hundreds of different tagalongs on live rock? and for free!!!

ray

i know... i was kind of like man this rock is a little expensive... (it was like 7.50 lb) but it was real nice and had alot of growth on it and all... then i get home and ive got that guy in there (and that mantis shrimp that i can't decide what to do with) so thats pretty nice...
and i love these guys these and the pom-pom/boxer crabs are amazing to me...

mastercave

mmmmm....tagalong cookies....

Oil_Fan

He's very cool!!

As for the mantis shrimp, I'd call your LFS and see if they'll take him. They are very much a killing machine and not something I'd keep in my main tank. Now however there are others who will and so why not give someone a chance for one??

ray

yeah i took him to my LFS... they knew nothing about him... but they have him regardless... i couldn't keep him in that bowl forever... so maybe he will find a nice home

Oil_Fan

They didn't know about a mantis shrimp?? This wasn't Petco was it??

ray

no... but its one of two pet stores in my small town... i told them what i knew about it... but they didn't seem to listen... i figure it will be one of those things where they just sell it to someone and it kills everything in their tank... then the people will bring it back and then they'll sell it to someone else etc... just an endless cycle...
thats just what i imagine from talking to the people in there...