growing up eunice

[Lionfish Lair]

Now you can see why I liked mine so much!!

 

[Wiz]

This thing is so cool. I'm so glad I got it. So much to learn as it grows. :-D thanks again @GHsaltie
:-D:-D

Ii also can't wait to see different species and multiple worms interract. ;-) @Naiad

 

[Duke4Life]

This is 1 of those threads that got my mind running, doesn't help having extra tanks setting around neither :).

 

[Wiz]

Best kinda thread. ;-) thanks. And good luck with the new setup! ;-)

This is 1 of those threads that got my mind running, doesn't help having extra tanks setting around neither :).

 

[Wiz]

Hobbit has used anything he can find to add to his cerith shell. Seems to use a glue like mucus to hold debris together. He uses his mandibles to spread the glue. I can't believe he is staying right where I can see him. :-) hope he makes the move ok:-)

 

[Paul87]

He's a neat little dude

 

[Wiz]

Soo cool to watch :-)

 

[Wiz]

I did not think something with mandibles would be an omnivore. But hobbit appears to be grazing. Takes a few bites, chews and comes back for more. Interresting!

 

[pbauec]

That's awesome. Good to see he is doing well. He was really chowing down!

 

[JAWS 32]

Awesome thread! I love all the hitchhiking critters we get! Best of luck with him! :)

 

[pbauec]

Any updates ? New videos ?

 

[Wiz]

, sorry, I was camping last week and then I've had a lot going on lately with purchasing my new home. He is still in his shell and still doing well. I clean the fuge out yesterday. I'll try and get some new vids tonight

 

[Wiz]

Here we go, i put some pink & golds near his hole to see if he would bother them. After reviewing the entire vid I'm pretty sure he is still eating the grape tree. And apparently he now has an even larger pile of glued items and a back door :)

 

[Lionfish Lair]

Hiya! I was just thinking about you! Isn't he ripping into that polyp in the first video!

 

[Wiz]

I thought so too. But the polyp doesn't react. And in other parts of the vid you see the red stem shaking. But ill keep watch. :-D

 

[Lionfish Lair]

Lemme look again.

 

[Lionfish Lair]

No, you're right. He was reacting to be touched/brushed against, not bitten.

 

[Lionfish Lair]

He totally has a hold of the algae.

 

[Wiz]

The full video is about 25 minutes long. He kept returning to that same spot at first taking bites backing up to chew then going back. In these two vids Which are in succession you can see that he is biting the algae by watching the red stem upper left of his head. In the 2nd vid he actually looks at the polyp and then backs off and bites the grape again lifting his whole home while pulling on it

 

[Wiz]

So looks to me like he is mainly herbivore. But I do have that one vid of him eating an amphipod, so not entirely. :-) And he seems to have a liking for a red grape tree. LOL