Do you have tank inhabitants that freak you out?

mcgallagherc · Jun 27, 2022

Only bit once by one of my clowns, of course the female. Wasn't expecting it and BAM!!! Since then anytime I reach in I always give the shoo away motion with my hand and they go away. So far so good!

Karen00 · Jun 27, 2022

mcgallagherc said:
Only bit once by one of my clowns, of course the female. Wasn't expecting it and BAM!!! Since then anytime I reach in I always give the shoo away motion with my hand and they go away. So far so good!

Beautiful clowns! How can such an innocent looking creature be so evil?! LOL The makers of Finding Nemo were way off base with that movie. Haha.

lion king · Jun 27, 2022

I call him Mr Freaks, they used to freak me out but now he's one of my favorites. They have spider legs, stingers on their back, and will anything they can get into their mouth.

Karen00 · Jun 28, 2022

lion king said:
I call him Mr Freaks, they used to freak me out but now he's one of my favorites. They have spider legs, stingers on their back, and will anything they can get into their mouth.

I remember a video you posted of Mr. Freaks and a buddy of his in the corner of the tank. When Mr. Freaks moves in that video it is chilling to watch. He seriously looks like a weird hybrid of the creepy girl from The Ring and some terrifying alien in a sci-fi movie. Mr. Freaks has definitely earned his name in spades!! LOL Gotta luv the little guy but he honestly looks like someone through a bunch of random DNA into a test tube, shook it up, baked it and out popped Mr. Freaks. What was Mother Nature thinking with this guy?! ;-)

Miami Reef · Jun 28, 2022

The creepiest thing I’ve ever had was a cleaner shrimp. I have a roach phobia and shrimps gross me out because of their legs and antennas.

i cant think · Jun 28, 2022

Miami Reef said:
The creepiest thing I’ve ever had was a cleaner shrimp. I have a roach phobia and shrimps gross me out because of their legs and antennas.

Pistol shrimps would be perfect then, you’d rarely see it haha.

Sean Clark · Jun 28, 2022

i cant think said:
Pistol shrimps would be perfect then, you’d rarely see it haha.

This can be true. I added one to a tank and never saw it again.

Miami Reef · Jun 28, 2022

i cant think said:
Pistol shrimps would be perfect then, you’d rarely see it haha.

I like pistol shrimps because they make a clicking sound that I can hear from a few feet away.

Karen00 · Jun 28, 2022

Miami Reef said:
The creepiest thing I’ve ever had was a cleaner shrimp. I have a roach phobia and shrimps gross me out because of their legs and antennas.

I totally agree that some saltwater shrimp are creepy. Is it the coral banded shrimp that's the really huge one? I could never keep one of those guys. A lot of the saltwater shrimp look like they crawled straight out of a sci-fi movie. ;-)

Miami Reef · Jun 28, 2022

Karen00 said:
I totally agree that some saltwater shrimp are creepy. Is it the coral banded shrimp that's the really huge one? I could never keep one of those guys. A lot of the saltwater shrimp look like they crawled straight out of a sci-fi movie. ;-)

It was a peppermint shrimp lol.

Karen00 · Jun 28, 2022

Miami Reef said:
It was a peppermint shrimp lol.

ROTFL! OMG! Ya, then it's those or any of that type that will never end up in any of my tanks. LOL. I always quicken my pace past their tanks at my LFS. Haha.

sfin52 · Jun 28, 2022

Karen00 said:
Beautiful clowns! How can such an innocent looking creature be so evil?! LOL The makers of Finding Nemo were way off base with that movie. Haha.

Evil Queen Elsa.

Karen00 · Jun 28, 2022

sfin52 said:
Evil Queen Elsa.

Wow! Amazing! She has that look of "don't mess with me or else" LOL

Slocke · Jul 14, 2022

Have we had robins?

Beautiful or creepy? Got the face of a puppy, the wings of a butterfly, but the fingers of a witch.

i cant think · Jul 14, 2022

Slocke said:
Have we had robins?

Beautiful or creepy? Got the face of a puppy, the wings of a butterfly, but the fingers of a witch.

Are these guys predatory?
He looks stunning.

Slocke · Jul 14, 2022

i cant think said:
Are these guys predatory?
He looks stunning.

Yes, get over a foot long and I hear they'll eat anything they can fit in there mouth. Just saw him at my LFS and was blown away. If I had a spare 200+gallon.... haha.

Karen00 · Jul 14, 2022

Slocke said:
Have we had robins?

Beautiful or creepy? Got the face of a puppy, the wings of a butterfly, but the fingers of a witch.

Oh my gosh! This guy is stunning! I think this is a "sheep in wolf's clothing" situation but I would love to have a tank with these guys in it. Are they always out and out or have you had them pop out of nowhere making you jump sometimes?

Karen00 · Jul 23, 2022

I'm adding a creature to my own thread. Hermit crabs out of their shells. I happened to catch mine right when he did a shell swap and let me put it this way... Some things can never be unseen.

These are freaky looking when out of their shells!!! And what is with the creepy pale body?! They look so beautifully coloured from the part that pokes out of the shell but the rest of them looks like they're sporting a farmer's tan! LOL

Slocke · Jul 24, 2022

Karen00 said:
I'm adding a creature to my own thread. Hermit crabs out of their shells. I happened to catch mine right when he did a shell swap and let me put it this way... Some things can never be unseen. These are freaky looking when out of their shells!!! And what is with the creepy pale body?! They look so beautifully coloured from the part that pokes out of the shell but the rest of them looks like they're sporting a farmer's tan! LOL

Crab at the front, weird worm thing at the back. Definitely something you won't ever unsee!

Karen00 · Jul 24, 2022

Slocke said:
Crab at the front, weird worm thing at the back. Definitely something you won't ever unsee!

It's like Mother Nature couldn't make up her mind what she wanted these guys to be so she threw the DNA of both into a test tube, shook it up and out popped a hermit crab!