octospawn?

[Reefkeepers Archive]

Oh boy. 8” is like 1/2 my tiny tank and the last thing I need are spiders.

You shouldn't ever have to see them (the spiders) got mine wild caught and it turns out (on more than one occasion) some sea spiders hitchhiked from Australia. Highly unlikely you'll have to deal with them

 

[Reefkeepers Archive]

Oh boy. 8” is like 1/2 my tiny tank and the last thing I need are spiders.

Also 8 inches is the maximum length. Usually the sweepers are 4-6 inches on average

 

[alliw]

You shouldn't ever have to see them (the spiders) got mine wild caught and it turns out (on more than one occasion) some sea spiders hitchhiked from Australia. Highly unlikely you'll have to deal with them

Wow! Well coincidently I was reading about them today cause I did see something on this coral through the mag glass. My blood shrimp was all over this coral earlier and I saw what looked like a tiny cockroach so I’ll be dipping this it was so small and it poked its head up for a sec and then vanished

 

[Reefkeepers Archive]

Wow! Well coincidently I was reading about them today cause I did see something on this coral through the mag glass. My blood shrimp was all over this coral earlier and I saw what looked like a tiny cockroach so I’ll be dipping this it was so small and it poked its head up for a sec and then vanished

That sounds like an amphipod. Completely harmless


This is what a sea spider would look like

And they don't move much. Their legspan is slightly smaller than 1cm

 

[thamnasteroid]

I've been wondering this for awhile, are alveopora acroporids?

yes, Alveopora are Acroporids.

 

[ccole]

Galaxea are Euphilliids, but are not Euphyllia. Euphyllia is a separate genus from Galaxea.

Ah, that makes sense. Good to know.