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My Tunicate just Threw Up....A Live Hitchiker!
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So...... I bought a tunicate. (Yea, I know), I thought it was an ox heart tunicate. Kinda just grey and lavender lines.
A few hours after getting g it Home the color got deeper in the veins and the siphons a nice orangey color.
A few days pass, colors get deeper and I’m pretty darned happy.
I looked at the tank last night and I noticed it was curled up. Ten minutes later it started to shed.
(Inner monologue “it’s shedding , it’s just shedding, uhhh do they shed?”
Yes. They do shed. But this was FAST. Under an hour. Also starts to change color....
Well cool! Get camera. Stay clam.
Uhhhh, are those guts? Aw, geeeze...
Seriously, what the heck is that?!?
Where are my 390 loupes and 189 macro lenses!?!?
Thanks to modern technology and the speed this all happened , we turned to the trusty IPhone and the $3 plastic loupe and got this!
Mind BLOWN!!!
Yea, it is alive , and in a mesh bag in the tank.
Anyone like to hazard a guess as to what it is exactly?
Oh, and yes , we feel much better (and more colorful),after a quick purge and a shed.
Golden Tunicate (or Oxheart ) , Polycarpa Aurata
I forgot to #reefsquad my friends.
Been looking for this tunicate for 5 years now! One of my favorites!
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Pretty sure it’s a lobster. Absolutely no info on it , nor reports of inthe lobsters besides crinoids having comisural inverts so far. Zero on tunicates having them. Still looking.
I’m really guessing it was swallowed during the plantinoc stage and just found a nice home.
Sadly, I don’t think is reed safe. It’s a gamble on whether it gets big or stays tiny.
A big lobster in the tank could be very bad.
Yea , Bubba(the Mandy) def thought it was a snack. You can see him hit it in the video.
I’m going to get the macro lens out and get a pic of the lil guy in a cup.
Right now , this is its cage.
I’m really guessing it was swallowed during the plantinoc stage and just found a nice home.
Sadly, I don’t think is reed safe. It’s a gamble on whether it gets big or stays tiny.
A big lobster in the tank could be very bad.
Yea , Bubba(the Mandy) def thought it was a snack. You can see him hit it in the video.
I’m going to get the macro lens out and get a pic of the lil guy in a cup.
Right now , this is its cage.
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That's nutty! Reminds me of Ace Ventura falling out of the Rhino . Pretty cool I did not know they had commensal shrimp...that said I wouldn't doubt that every sessile invertebrate does
. Pretty cool I did not know they had commensal shrimp...that said I wouldn't doubt that every sessile invertebrate does
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Probably gonna , yea.
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That is some crazy stuff right there ! ! ! !
Are you sure the tunicate doesn't need it for a symbiotic relation?
Are you sure the tunicate doesn't need it for a symbiotic relation?
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No clue. Can not find anything on the inter web so far.
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Haha thanks. I’m lucky
My weird friends know I’m weird.
(And have another tunicate colony on hold for me )
I wish they’d scrape those annoying corals off though.
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Haha thanks. I’m lucky
My weird friends know I’m weird.
(And have another tunicate colony on hold for me )
I wish they’d scrape those annoying corals off though.
Well next time you find one of those pesky little bubble corals hitching you be sure to send it my way
. I have never seen a tunicate for sale around here, I would love one, crazy hitchhiker or not lol.
For me, the resemblance of the specimen found remains very strong with shrimp Odontonia katoi, a symbiotic crustacean that inhabits several species of ascidians, including Polycarpa aurata.
What I found on the web was this:
http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0121120
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Where did you get it? I'm in SD too. I've been to Aquatic Warehouse, Aqua SD and Reefer's Garage.Haha thanks. I’m lucky
My weird friends know I’m weird.
(And have another tunicate colony on hold for me )
I wish they’d scrape those annoying corals off though.
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Sdcorals. They have one in the display near the door. A Chalice with some glass Tunicates(a few less as of 14 min ago) and an amazing hammer colony with a large oyster and barnacles. Too big for my my tank (and wallet lol).
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Holy smokes ! I think you nailed it!!!
;Bookworm;Bookworm;Bookworm
Could mean its a keeper!!!
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Nailed it!!!It's a tunicate shrimp. They come in all colors. The closest I could find was a yellow tunicate shrimp. It has the same pink patches just not clear. I'm sure if you research further you could find your match or maybe yours hasn't colored up yet. Awesome find!
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