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It could be my own doing, but I have noticed the sand moving about with the flow of the tank, in relation to my rock placement.
Originally, I had the back corner running completely bare of sand as the return outlet was pushing water straight back into the back left hand corner and flowing down the glass, forcing the sand away.
Arrived home from work last night to a little box on the kitchen counter.
@K&J Aquatics have donated some test kits to my cause. Legends.
@K&J Aquatics have donated some test kits to my cause. Legends.
So with the moonlight phase in place, I decided to have a squiz at my tank before going to bed, and when I peered into the tank, right at the top of the highest rock formation I have, I see this Alien-like creature, perched upon my rock.
As if it was winking at me, the white of the cowrie shell disappeared as the fleshy part if the cowrie somehow managed to fully engulf the entire shell, while also protruding small stems or tentacles, like spikes from its flesh.
I tried really hard to get a decent pic, which was proving impossible with my trusty iPhone 4. So I grabbed the fiancé's iPhone 5, and managed to snap this below (which is still horrible, but much better than nothing, and much better than anything I could take).
I'd never seen anything like it before. And when I thought I might try and take a shot with a flash, the spikey flesh opened up just slightly, to show the white of the shell once more, like an awakening eye but without the pupil or iris.
I'm now on a google hunt to find out why my cowrie was doing its little Halloween skit, and if it will do it again.
I'll also be researching a DSLR.
Edit: Here's a much better picture of what I saw, that I just found. And what I didn't know was that this is how they look when they are eating, as they are nocturnal.
Mum was right. You do learn something every day.
As if it was winking at me, the white of the cowrie shell disappeared as the fleshy part if the cowrie somehow managed to fully engulf the entire shell, while also protruding small stems or tentacles, like spikes from its flesh.
I tried really hard to get a decent pic, which was proving impossible with my trusty iPhone 4. So I grabbed the fiancé's iPhone 5, and managed to snap this below (which is still horrible, but much better than nothing, and much better than anything I could take).
I'd never seen anything like it before. And when I thought I might try and take a shot with a flash, the spikey flesh opened up just slightly, to show the white of the shell once more, like an awakening eye but without the pupil or iris.
I'm now on a google hunt to find out why my cowrie was doing its little Halloween skit, and if it will do it again.
I'll also be researching a DSLR.
Edit: Here's a much better picture of what I saw, that I just found. And what I didn't know was that this is how they look when they are eating, as they are nocturnal.
Mum was right. You do learn something every day.
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