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Looking for help identifying these critters that came in from TBS a week and a half ago.
I know one is a mantis shrimp.
Is the red stems a macro algae?
There are tunicates, but what kind?
Is that a whelk? Should I remove it?
What is the see through blob with white speckles?
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Looking for help identifying these critters that came in from TBS a week and a half ago.
I know one is a mantis shrimp.
Is the red stems a macro algae?
There are tunicates, but what kind?
Is that a whelk? Should I remove it?
What is the see through blob with white speckles?
@LiverockRocks

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Hi, well the 2nd one from last is definitely a mantis shrimp. Cool hitchhiker imo
Edit: which I now see you know already lol.. idk about the others but those blobs with the circles are wild looking.
 

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Looking for help identifying these critters that came in from TBS a week and a half ago.
I know one is a mantis shrimp.
Is the red stems a macro algae?
There are tunicates, but what kind?
Is that a whelk? Should I remove it?
What is the see through blob with white speckles?
@LiverockRocks

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Nice band of tunicates and yes, mantis shrimp
 
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Hi, well the 2nd one from last is definitely a mantis shrimp. Cool hitchhiker imo
Edit: which I now see you know already lol.. idk about the others but those blobs with the circles are wild looking.
I am dosing 10 ml SpongExcel to encourage sponge and tunicate growth. Like the different looks
 

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