Ray Like Fish In Substrate At Lfs

bezzo89

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I went to a LFS/aquatics centre today and i noticed a fish i hadnt seen before in a tank with two banded sharks. (im no professional on marine fish as im only new to them, but i always like to have a good look around the tanks) :).

The sharks were pretty still but there was a small ray fish. It was on the bottom of the tank and was sifting through the sand.

It looked like a ray but at the same time looked as if it had a hard outer skeleton like a shell. It looked like to the back of its body it had small legs underneath moving the sand away from itself.

After a few minutes i went back to the tank and it had burrowed under the sand so only parts of it body were showing.

It was probably around 2-2.5 inches including its tail and had small bumps on its back which were rounded.

Colour wise it was sandy beige coloured and i didnt even notice it when i first went back to the tank!

Unfortunately i dont have a picture and the only writing on the tank was with reference to the sharks.

If i can get back there soon i will try and take picture, it was a bit busy today being a sunday there were a lot of children looking at the big sharks!

Sorry for my bad explanations!

i was interested in it and hoped someone could shed some light on it! I wasnt able to get someone who worked there to help either due to how busy it was.
 
Possibly a horseshoe crab?

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yeah i agree, does sound very much like a horseshoe crab

they look cool, but i dont think they are recommended for home aquaria, though i might be wrong
 
Core that was quick, yes thats exactly what it was wow, my explaining wasnt too bad then!

Hmm i may have to ask the people in the lfs about it and see what info they come up with.

Interesting little critter tho!

thanks guys!
 
They are interesting creatures aren't they, its such a shame that most of them grow huge!

Seffie x
 
yes seffie from doing a bit of research on them now i know what they are called it appears they can grow a foot wide by two foot long! there are apparently smalled speicies however trying to find them would probably be quite hard!

Is a shame as it was really interesting! they are apparently coldwater creatures and not tropical!
 
They like to hibernate in deep sand beds, unfortantly they occasionally die during hibernation and rot under the sand, nuking the tank.
 

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