Saltwater snail
 

Worm

click to enlarge breed studying and some of the data may not correct
length: 11 cm

From: shore's rocky area

Food: fresh and decompose dry food
Basic criteria: 5-10cm saltwater and keep the water clear

characteristic

always living in sand and separate from other creatures
 
high ability to suffer bad environment

when encounter strong light, it will hide

Food and hide

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it like to roll on decompose dry food

Longest petting time before: over half year

Growing speed

month

length

1

11cm

2.5

12cm

 

Petting time: from 2005/12/10


Background

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The sea water tank water C they are living in
Water size: L:  12 cm, W: 8.5 cm x H: 5 cm


Protula

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length: 3 mm

From: shore's rocky area

Food: microorganism
Basic criteria: 5-10cm
saltwater and keep the water clear
Sample: 4


Characteristic


Using tentacle to find food

can stick on the tank's floor or wall

hard pipe

Body

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Because the pipe was broken, it white and soft body completely go out of the pipe

Growing speed

Day

Length

1

3mm

2

 3.5mm

3

 4mm

4

5mm

5

6mm

6

8mm

7

10mm

8 13mm
9 15mm
10 18mm
11 20mm
12 21mm
13-17 22mm
18-42 25mm
150
change tank
with undergravel grid
30mm
225 35mm

When the protula grow to 20mm and if the tank is small, its activity will decrease

Can control growing direction

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In photo of the day 5, showing it can control the growing direction from left to top

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In photo of the day 7, showing growing change and the one tentacle appear a flower shape

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In two photos of the day 9, showing it stretch out and stretch in the pipe
                                           and the body of it is in brown colour 

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Four samples also have a flower shape tentacle (photo from sample II)      


Protula open scene (from sample II)    

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In photo of the day 17, showing it can control the growing direction from left to top

Eat and throw

In photo of the day 17, show the protula found something to eat and when taking the food to its pipe entry
                                     but flow it away finally

The flower shape tentacle

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In photo of the day 19, show the protula's flower shape look like a daisy                                      

Foraging and tentacle

In photo of the day 23, show it catch something and put it near the pipe. Also, the top of the tentacle have a small tentacle to detect the environment. It is different from the small parallel tentacle that is to catch prey like microorganism.

The flower shape tentacle II

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In photo of the day 33, show the protula's flower become bigger and the pipe become thicker  

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In photo of the day 42, showing it can control the growing direction from left to top

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In photo of around the day 90, show the protula's flower become bigger and the pipe become thicker

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In photo of around the day 100,
show the head of the protula's flower sample grow a new ball shape object and it grow some new tentacle

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In photo of around the day 110,
take a new photo to see it completely

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In photo of around the day 130,
found one of the sample flowers from one to two

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In photo of around the day 150,
found one of the sample flowers from two to one

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In photo of around the day 150, it keep growing

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From small tank to big tank, it grow from tank surface to sand surface,
it pipe cross section also change from "C" shape to circle that help to protect its soft body on sand

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In Day 240,  it leave out from the pipe, it firstly stretch out its tail, at last it stretch out its antenna
(the picture it stretching out it tail)


when it leaved out from the pipe, you can see its whole body and its tail flexing when it is breathing

P
etting time:2006/2/4


worm

click to enlarge  breed studying and some of the data may not correct
長度: 3 mm

From: shore's rocky area

Food: fresh and decompose dry food
Basic criteria: 5-10cm saltwater and keep the water clear

characteristic

Look like a worm

living on the tank surface

head colour is deep and can move separately from its body over 270 degree

Day 7



Its body grows some brown stripes and have the want of breeding (two sample tail link together for several minutes)

Day 17 

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find it can appear and hide the stripes

Day 24   two sample tail link together for several minutes again


the video show it tail link together and go away after
fertilization

Day 33   two sample tail link together again

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Petting time:2006/4/14


worm

breed studying and some of the data may not correct
長度: 4 mm

From: shore's rocky area

Food: fresh and decompose dry food
Basic criteria: 5-10cm saltwater and keep the water clear

characteristic

Look like a worm and body into two part

head is thinner and active

tail is thicker

living on the tank surface

when water moving it will floating in the water

Petting time:2006/4/14


Coral

breed studying and some of the data may not correct
Length: 3 mm

From: shore's rocky area

Food: unknown
Basic criteria: 5-10cm saltwater and keep the water clear

characteristic

Look like a plant

Petting time:2006/5/6


worm

breed studying and some of the data may not correct
length: 1 - 2 cm

From: shore's rocky area

Food: fresh and decompose dry food
Basic criteria: 5-10cm saltwater and keep the water clear

characteristic

Look like a worm

thin

moving on tank surface

like to moving its head to find food

like to go backward rapidly

Petting time:2006/4/14


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