sea spiders! eek

[thenewguy997]

I have a sea spider!!!!
Its freaky. Are they bad? Will it hurt fish?

Its pompom crab sized


In this link it is the,2nd photo down

http://aquaviews.net/explore-the-blue/itsy-bit-sea-spiders/

[Ant512]

They may be predators of coral and anemones, but fish should be fine.

[mluntz]

Can you get a picture of it?

[cloak]

Check this out.

http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2003-01/rs/index.php

HTH.

[pepetj]

First time I ever heard of such creatures. Definitely will keep an eye on my tank as my live rock is collected by me from low depth shore spots of the Caribbean Sea where they seem to be quite common.

Thanks for posting this

Pepetj
Santo Domingo

[thenewguy997]

I was looking at my sand with a magbifying glass and seen the lil guy. Looks like a real spider in fact i thought a spider fell in my tank until it crawled around then i found the link i posted

[thenewguy997]

If i see him tomorrow i will try a photo, its jusr tht its about the size of a corn kernel and blends in