Couple of macros

[SaltyMist]

Heres a couple of macros I've taken over the past month or two.

[tangwang]

Great pics! It's a nice change from the normal coral shots, lol.

Matt

[rjburr14]

Great Macros. What kind of snail is that?

[SaltyMist]

It's a redfooted moon snail which I have since learned is more of a cold water creature, so Im trying to keep my water temp down to about 77 since it lives nicely in about 76f and below and I hate to part with it but dont want to kill it.

So far it's just plodding around my tank having a good ol' time eating up the algae.

[adam2373]

LOL that first pic looks really scary :shock:

[Bald Eagle]

great macros. that hermiy crab looks like he's ready for war. and that jade starfish looks hungry. :D

[grav1]

Does that hermit have a anemone stuck on its back now that is cool.. :mrgreen:

[SaltyMist]

Yup, as I found out later, it's an anemone hermit crab and if there were any anemones of the right size in the tank (there are none but the one on his back) then he would also place them on his shell as a defense.

Though i dont think it's much of a defense really, since my ceylon puffer tried to take a bite of it, and it exploded into strands the color of cotton candy. But most of the time, the anemone inverts itself when there is a threat, but it's kind of cool to see the crab feed the anemone every now and then. He'll either grab a piece of food with his claw and hand it to the anemone or he'll backup the anemone next to a piece of food on the tank bottom for the anemone to pick it up.