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Current Reef Denizens
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Common/Scientific Name
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Indigenous to...
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Obtained from...
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Comments
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Brittle Star/Ophiolepis superba
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Southern Japan to Australia
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Todd Proctor's tank, 6/26/10
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3 in tank. Job:
eat detritus in hard-to-reach spots (picture taken from WWW...I didn't manage to get a shot before they disappeared in the tank).
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Nerite Snail/Nerita sp
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I think these are from the Caribbean, although some come from the Pacific
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15 from Choice Aquariums, 7/1/10. 50 from Reefs2go.com, 7/27/10
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58 placed in tank, 7 in refugium...most still alive and well. Job: remove algae everywhere including tank sides
and scum on macroalgae in refugium
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Cerith Snail/Cerithium altratum
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Caribbean/Florida
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3 from Choice Aquariums, 7/1/10. 30 from Reefs2go.com, 7/15/10
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33 placed in tank. Job: remove algae that grows below the sand at the front edge of
the tank. Agitate sand bed.
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Trochus Snail/Trochus sp
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Indonesia
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5 from Choice Aquariums, 7/1/10. 30 from Reefs2go.com, 7/15/10
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35 placed in tank...most have died, probably by starvation. Job: general algae removal
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Astrea Snail/Astraea tectum
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Caribbean/Florida
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2 from Choice Aquariums, 7/1/10. 16 from Reefs2go.com, 7/15/10
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18 placed in tank...most have died, probably by starvation. Job: remove algae and brown diatoms from tank sides and substrate
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Fighting Conch/Strombus alatus
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Caribbean/Florida
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Reefs2go.com, 7/15/10 & ~9/20/10
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3 in tank. Job: Keep sand bed sifted and clean. Look funny while doing it!
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Halloween hermit crab/Ciliopagurus strigatus
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Hawaii
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Mark @ SaltwaterFishtoGo in Ferndale, 7/18/10
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1 in tank. Job: Eat detritus, look cute
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Skunk cleaner shrimp/Lysmata amboinensis
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Indo-Pacific
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Mark @ SaltwaterFishtoGo in Ferndale, 7/18/10
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1 in tank. Job: Eat detritus, clean fish if needed, look good
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Blood Shrimp/Lysmata debelius
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Indonesia, Sri Lanka
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Atlantis Fish Shoppe ~9/20/10
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1 in tank. Job: Eat detritus, clean fish if needed, look good. So far
he's a better cleaner than the skunk, although both will take turns at pretty much all of the fish
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Past Reef Denizens
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Common/Scientific Name
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Indigenous to...
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Obtained from...
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Comments
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Sea Hare/Dolabella auricularia
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Indonesia
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Kee's Aquarium, 7/17/10
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Mr Squishy did a spectacular job eating my hair algae, survived a run-in with my
closed-loop intake, and was quite the acrobat. Given to Todd Proctor after all of my algae was gone. Max cried! Ultimately
died in Todd's tank...Max doesn't know, so don't tell him!
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Long Tentacled Anemone/Macrodactyla doreensis
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Indo-Pacific
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Choice Aquariums, 7/31/10
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Saw it advertised on their website, and had to have it...beautiful pale
blue-green color. Floated around the tank for a while and never settled in. Ended up in my overflow, had to fish it out, and it lived in my sump for
a while, but still never attached to anything. Ultimately flushed when 99% dead.
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