EEEEEEEEEEEK! Spiders!

Bree42 · 12/23/2007, 06:00 PM

Can't guess, I REALLY do not like spiders. I especialy hate how they jump out at you!! UGH!!!!
Found this single stunning pink mushroom on this piece of live rock. I am seriously begining to wonder if this single pink mushroom is worth this piece of live rock!
Started with a small piece of aptasia, pulled the rock and broke off the section with the aptasia. That hit the trash. Anyway I'm watching the rock closely for any further signs of aptasia and out pops this white spider! And in typical spider behavior that sucker jumps out at me! I about had a stroke!!!!
So now the mushroom has been removed from the rock and the whole rock is in the trash. Enough of that business..
Worried about the mushroom. Anyone have any experience with the pink form and do you think it'll be ok with being shipped from retailer to store to my home and removed from the tank twice in a week's time?
I am a big fan of the mushrooms and I'd be bouncen hard if he takes off and reproduces. Just worried about the little guy. He's now on a safe rock and I'm leaving him alone. I figure that spider was probably munching on him and would have killed him in the long run.

zhenjw · 12/23/2007, 07:22 PM

Yikes. I had some zoanthids in QT and did an iodine dip. My roomie was watching and screamed like a "little gurly man" when a 5" bristle worm popped out.

usmc121581 · 12/23/2007, 07:30 PM

That is priceless, and should of made good taping material.

ivgonmad · 12/23/2007, 07:37 PM

hey, I heard those spiders invade tanks, you have to discard all your LR ASAP...

When is trash day for you? JK

Bree42 · 12/24/2007, 08:10 AM

I know that the spider is gone, the whole rock got yanked and I was watching closely to make sure he didn't go anywhere else. Spiders are the only thing that make me act like a ninnie. Can deal with snakes and mice no prob. Spiders just do me in.. I can jump and scream pretty good, then I turn around and curse myself for acting like a fool. LOL
Mushroom so far seems to be ok, we'll give it a few days and see how he's doing.

GuyAFA · 12/24/2007, 08:35 AM

Okay, I'm at a loss. Not sure what you are referring to as a spider. Surely not the insect as that wouldn't survive. Can you clarify please? Thanks.

Bree42 · 12/24/2007, 08:44 AM

Salt water spiders will eat coral. And this guy looked just like a regular white spider, about an inch long and fast as lightening. They are common on live rock, as well as many other bad guys, aptasia, and mithrax crabs are the norm around here.

Bree42 · 12/24/2007, 09:05 AM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EOjn80thb4k
This is like what I saw, mine didn't have the fat body, long skinny legs and thin body, more like these guys here http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q...29&btnG=Search

GuyAFA · 12/24/2007, 12:32 PM

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh, now I get it. That would scare the *^%$ out of me too. I'm constantly amazed at how much there is to learn about this hobby.

12/23/2007, 06:00 PM	#1
Bree42 Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Colo Posts: 64	EEEEEEEEEEEK! Spiders! Can't guess, I REALLY do not like spiders. I especialy hate how they jump out at you!! UGH!!!! Found this single stunning pink mushroom on this piece of live rock. I am seriously begining to wonder if this single pink mushroom is worth this piece of live rock! Started with a small piece of aptasia, pulled the rock and broke off the section with the aptasia. That hit the trash. Anyway I'm watching the rock closely for any further signs of aptasia and out pops this white spider! And in typical spider behavior that sucker jumps out at me! I about had a stroke!!!! So now the mushroom has been removed from the rock and the whole rock is in the trash. Enough of that business.. Worried about the mushroom. Anyone have any experience with the pink form and do you think it'll be ok with being shipped from retailer to store to my home and removed from the tank twice in a week's time? I am a big fan of the mushrooms and I'd be bouncen hard if he takes off and reproduces. Just worried about the little guy. He's now on a safe rock and I'm leaving him alone. I figure that spider was probably munching on him and would have killed him in the long run. __________________ The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil, is for good men to do nothing. By Edmund Burke Current Tank Info: 14 tanks

12/23/2007, 07:22 PM	#2
zhenjw Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Oakland, CA Posts: 128	Yikes. I had some zoanthids in QT and did an iodine dip. My roomie was watching and screamed like a "little gurly man" when a 5" bristle worm popped out. __________________ Hautung der seele. Current Tank Info: Bio Cube 8&14, 35G Fuge, 180G~Frogspawn, Fungia, Open Brain, Xenia, Kenya Tree, Zoas, Tube Anemone, Tube Worm, Pink Milli, Metallic Grn Birdsnest, Baby Blue Acro, Green Donut, Orange Digi, Purple Lotoptes, Yellow Porite, Firefish, Carpntr Wrasse,

12/23/2007, 07:30 PM	#3
usmc121581 Where am I? Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Abingdon, maryland Posts: 1,671 Blog Entries: 1	That is priceless, and should of made good taping material. __________________ I prefer not to think before I speak, I like to be just as surprised as everyone else by what comes out of my mouth. Current Tank Info: I have a 180 gal mostly LPS corals, it contains 1 Val. Tang, 1 yellow striped clown fish, 3 percula clownfish, a blood shrimp, cleaner shrimp and a sand shifting goby, 5 pajama cardinals, 1 green chromis. Also a 75 gal. sump/fug.

12/23/2007, 07:37 PM	#4
ivgonmad Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: San Diego Posts: 468	hey, I heard those spiders invade tanks, you have to discard all your LR ASAP... When is trash day for you? JK __________________ 60g Frag Tank 60g Q.T. 240g Reef - 2x Dual 250w Coralvue MH Ballasts, 2x Custom Dual 250w Pendants, DAS EX-3 Protein Skimmer, GEN-X PCX-40 Return Pump, Iwaki 70 Closed Loop, Wave I Closed Loop, 4x Pacific Coast Flow Accelerators, GEO 612 Calcium Reactor w/Panworld Pump, 75g SDA Sump/Refugium, Fluorex 65w Floodlight Refugium Light Current Tank Info: 240g in the works B)

12/24/2007, 08:10 AM	#5
Bree42 Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Colo Posts: 64	I know that the spider is gone, the whole rock got yanked and I was watching closely to make sure he didn't go anywhere else. Spiders are the only thing that make me act like a ninnie. Can deal with snakes and mice no prob. Spiders just do me in.. I can jump and scream pretty good, then I turn around and curse myself for acting like a fool. LOL Mushroom so far seems to be ok, we'll give it a few days and see how he's doing. __________________ The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil, is for good men to do nothing. By Edmund Burke Current Tank Info: 14 tanks

12/24/2007, 08:35 AM	#6
GuyAFA Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Orlando Posts: 16	Okay, I'm at a loss. Not sure what you are referring to as a spider. Surely not the insect as that wouldn't survive. Can you clarify please? Thanks.

12/24/2007, 08:44 AM	#7
Bree42 Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Colo Posts: 64	Salt water spiders will eat coral. And this guy looked just like a regular white spider, about an inch long and fast as lightening. They are common on live rock, as well as many other bad guys, aptasia, and mithrax crabs are the norm around here. __________________ The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil, is for good men to do nothing. By Edmund Burke Current Tank Info: 14 tanks

12/24/2007, 09:05 AM	#8
Bree42 Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Colo Posts: 64	http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EOjn80thb4k This is like what I saw, mine didn't have the fat body, long skinny legs and thin body, more like these guys here http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q...29&btnG=Search __________________ The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil, is for good men to do nothing. By Edmund Burke Current Tank Info: 14 tanks

12/24/2007, 12:32 PM	#9
GuyAFA Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Orlando Posts: 16	Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh, now I get it. That would scare the *^%$ out of me too. I'm constantly amazed at how much there is to learn about this hobby.