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Found burrowing in mud or sand flats in the wild, they need a deep sand bed in their aquarium. 60 cm (23.6 in) Sea spider [3] Pycnogonids: No: Not collected for the aquarium trade, but occasionally seen on live rock and corals as a hitchhiker. They can be pests in a reef tank, preying on soft coral, sponges and anemones. 0.2–50 cm (0.1–19.7 in)
The clean-up crew is the term that has been used by many aquarists and vendors since the late 1980s to refer to various small animals commonly sold for use in keeping the reef aquarium clear of pest algae, detritus and parasites. [1] Among the most popular have long been blue-legged hermit crabs, scarlet hermit crabs, emerald crabs and various ...
Lively, distinctive, and fun, and an expert in pest control. Also known as pyjama wrasse; scientific name psuedocheilinus hexataenia. Maximum length: 3.1 inches
The reef triggerfish is recorded to make three distinct sounds that have been categorized as grinding, drumming, grunting, and snapping. [7] Attached is a recording of what drumming sounds are. [8] [9] The grinding sounds are heard when eating. This is thought to be a signal used to indicate to other reef triggerfish that the territory is theirs.
Polychaeta (/ ˌ p ɒ l ɪ ˈ k iː t ə /) is a paraphyletic [1] class of generally marine annelid worms, commonly called bristle worms or polychaetes (/ ˈ p ɒ l ɪ ˌ k iː t s /).Each body segment has a pair of fleshy protrusions called parapodia that bear many bristles, called chaetae, which are made of chitin.
Synanceia verrucosa, the reef stonefish or simply stonefish, is a species of venomous, marine ray-finned fish, belonging to the subfamily Synanceiinae which is classified as being within the family Scorpaenidae, the scorpionfishes and their relatives.
These Red Sea fish are listed as Reef-associated by Fishbase: Acanthuridae. Acanthurus gahhm, Black surgeonfish; Acanthurus mata, Elongate surgeonfish; Acanthurus nigrofuscus, Brown surgeonfish; Acanthurus sohal, Sohal surgeonfish; Acanthurus tennentii, Doubleband surgeonfish; Acanthurus xanthopterus, Yellowfin surgeonfish
Shortnose blacktail reef shark or grey reef shark Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos (Bleeker, 1856) (Northern KwaZulu-Natal to Red Sea) [2] [6] also recorded as syn. Carcharhinus wheeleri (Garrick, 1982) Java shark, pigeye shark , Carcharhinus amboinensis (Müller and Henle, 1839) (Eastern Cape and Natal) [ 2 ]