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03-31-2006, 05:36 PM
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They come from the deep...
Not really aquarium related, but its a distant relative of some of the guys we have to battle...
Bathynomus giganticus is its name...
supposed to live at @1000m off the gulf of mexico/atlantic coast...
WOW 
Just be glad you wont have to deal with them...
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75g w/ 30g sump, 160# LR, 60# sand: Inverts =18 turbos, 30 nassirus's, 40 blue leg's, 5 emeralds, 1 CBS, 1 skunk cleaner, 1 brown gulf shrimp? and various other LR hitch hikers yet un discovered or un- ID'ed
Fish=1 yellow tang, 1 yellow headed jawfish, 1 pink/blue shrimpgoby, 2 perc clowns.
Future fish = 1 sixline, 1 lawnmower blenny
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03-31-2006, 05:39 PM
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YIKES! 
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03-31-2006, 05:40 PM
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Yuck!
Thanks for sharing! 
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03-31-2006, 05:41 PM
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YOWZA!!!
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03-31-2006, 06:10 PM
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Looks like a giant sand flea.
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03-31-2006, 07:38 PM
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eeeeeeewwwwwwwwww
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03-31-2006, 07:57 PM
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That reminds me of the alien from "Independence Day." Weird.
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03-31-2006, 09:29 PM
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that has to be one of the grossest things ive ever seen lol like something off an outer space movie
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03-31-2006, 10:34 PM
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I look away, and I still see those eyes. *shudder*
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03-31-2006, 10:34 PM
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Looks like a giant cockroach to me.
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03-31-2006, 10:38 PM
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Man that is gross! I showed the kids and the screamed....
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03-31-2006, 11:08 PM
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looks kinda like a chick i work with! jk i know thats mean but still kinda funny 
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04-01-2006, 07:12 AM
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Somewhere someone would look at that "bug" and think , " Wow ! Good eatin' " Ewwwwww...
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04-01-2006, 07:55 PM
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That looks like a gigantic underwater rolly polly. A definite COOL!!!!
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04-01-2006, 09:28 PM
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Id hate to get them on my LR when I bought it!
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04-01-2006, 09:55 PM
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LMAO @ ntswift. TOO FUNNY!!!
I want one! is it reef safe? lol j/ k
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04-02-2006, 02:27 PM
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Not exactly the type of pod I want in my tank....
"One such species, Bathynomus giganticus, is found in water up to 1,000 m (off the Gulf of Mexico and the South Atlantic coast of the U.S.); it can grow up to about 28 cm in length. It is usually caught in baited traps, which it enters to scavenge fish carcasses. It actively preys on smaller animals as well as scavenges on anything organic that drops to the sea floor."
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04-03-2006, 05:10 PM
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that looks like a big sand crab/flea
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04-04-2006, 07:43 AM
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I saw the 1st photo and I thought it was a microscopic shot of a coepod or soem type of water bug. Then I saw the second picture and realized it's actual size. Pretty nasty creature but I am sure it serves it purpose.
Jsut imagine all of the thins in the sea that are even nastier lookign that man has yet to find. And think about all the things that are microscopic and how nasty they look when you magnify them. Crazy to even think about.
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