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    velvet worm?!

    BTW, mantis shrimps are renowned for they hardiness. Affected hobbiests, no knowing what to do with them, and put them in unheated plastic tanks of aquarium water, with only an airstone, and they have trived on slivers of fish. Note the larger species can approach 8" (or perhaps even more -...
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    velvet worm?!

    I could give you a hundred links, but they'd all refer to the UK, which probably wouldn't be much use to you. I'd certainly suggest you try your local aquatics dealer, if you have one, or you could try a search on yahoo for your area. The reefkeeping hobby isn't exactly the same in the US as...
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    velvet worm?!

    mantis shrimps Incidentally, mantis shriimps are common in imports of 'living rock', availible from marine aquatics dealers. Most (if not all) reefkeepers certainly do not want them, and will try to trap them if they appear as unwelcome guests. Many dealers would probably give you any they...
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    velvet worm?!

    Putting the record straight! I think you're misunderstanding the point of my advice here. The reference to the "worm's" (which they are most manifestly not - who did you say needed to attend school biology classes?!) body exploding was intended to be rather a jovial and non-serious one...
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