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Swimming Decorator crab

I just looked at the tank (behind me) and this decorator crab is swimming at the surface. No he is not dead. How cool is that?
He can do that because he decorated himself with bubble algae, which is filled with air.
I wonder if he knows thats why he is floating. I had to push him down to grab on to a rock.
I took this from the surface, down

Here he is where he is supposed to be.

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    Things that go away on their own

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    Paul B
    , 05-15-2012 at 02:00 PM (Swimming Decorator crab)
    It seems that there are so many people in this hobby that are stressed every time they see something either growing or just appearing in their tanks.
    I figured I would post things that over the years just went away with no help from me.
    Hair algae.
    I have no idea when I took this picture but it must have been at least 15 years ago. That fireclown is stil with me and he is almost 18 now, but look at all the hair algae. The fish and corals were in great shape, but the tank looked ...
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    Frag plugs

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    Paul B
    , 05-05-2012 at 08:19 AM (Swimming Decorator crab)
    I really hate the look of frags and up until a few weeks ago I never had any. It is not the frags I dislike, it is that silly looking round plug they come on. I personally never use them, but I like to glue corals right to pieces of rock, then as they age and get largter I glue those rocks to larger rocks to make them completely natural looking.
    Now there are maybe 10 frags in my tank on those round plugs and when I get time I would like to break them off and stick them on rocks. They really ...
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    ‎ Propagation - fish & corals
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