Invertebrates

  • Gold Banded Coral Shrimp

    General information The Gold Banded Coral Shrimp is a beautiful colored variation of the traditional Coral Banded Shrimp. They are relatively rare in the aquarium trade. They can be highly productive tank members as they are known to devour the pesky bristle worms. Given their voracious appetite, the Golden Coral Banded Shrimp will eat almost anything….

  • Caribbean Serpent Sea Star

    General information The Serpent Sea Star of the genus Ophioderma has a central, 5-sided disc with five banded, scaly arms. Depending on the species and locale, the color can range from maroon to orange, to green. The central disc can also have variable markings. It does well in an aquarium if provided with ample hiding…

  • Blue Velvet Nudibranch

    General information The Blue Velvet Nudibranch is black in color with blue lines around the outside of its body and down the middle of its head. It has a hammer-shaped head and two appendages at the rear, mimicking a flatworm. This specialized eater will consume flatworms in the aquarium. It sucks up the flatworms using…

  • Hawaiian Feather Duster

    General information The Hawaiian Feather Duster is orange or tan in color with brown band colorations. It can grow up to 7 inches in diameter. The radioles are used for filter feeding. A parchment-like tube is secreted to protect the body of the worm. When it is threatened, it draws inside the tube. It can…

  • Trapezia Pocillopora Crab

    General information The Trapezia Pocillopora or Acropora Crab is well known for its symbiotic relationship with acropora corals. The crab helps the coral in keeping its branches clean and allowing proper water flow. It feeds on food matter that can be found on the corals. It also guards the coral againts predators and invaders. Higher…

  • Mini Carpet Anemone

    General information The Mini Carpet anemone can sting like other anemones and Rhodactis mushrooms, it is not an aggressive anemone. Its small size and easy care makes it perfect for the novice aquarist and nano-aquarium enthusiasts. Unlike its larger cousins, Stichodactyla haddoni and Stichodactyla gigantea, the Mini Carpet Anemone isn't known to act as a…

  • Haddons Carpet Anemone

    General information The Haddon's Carpet Anemone lives singly, in the shallow waters of the Indo Pacific and Red Sea. Found outside of the reef it resides in soft muddy or sandy substrate and can attain a size of up to 3 feet in diameter. Haddon's Carpet Anemone have short, blunt tentacles with a very potent…

  • Tan True Carpet Anemone

    General information The True Carpet Anemone has a wavy appearance, and lives singly, in the shallow waters of the Central Pacific, Indo Pacific and Red Sea. Normally found on rocky reefs with soft muddy or sandy substrate it can attain a size of up to three feet in diameter. It has relatively short, tapered tentacles…