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dwhatley;127765 said:Greg,
I hate to be a spoil sport, but should you go and hunt it up, Trapper would do that in her last week or so. I would finally have to put her down before my hand became a prune. She seemed to like the softer surfaces (pump, glass, my hand) over the live rock, almost as if her arms had become very tender and the live rock was uncomfortable.
It looks like you were right D... about 10 days after you said that (11/20/08) Beluga had an encounter with a very large dead bristleworm (I had stuffed snail shells full of mysids and frozen them as convenient feeding portions... one must've had a bristleworm living inside!). Beluga kept holding the dead worm out and then pulling it back under his mantle. I only saw Beluga hanging out of his shell one more time a day or two later and then a couple of arm tips a few days after that... and then no more. I haven't inspected his shell too closely, but I think he is gone. Made it almost 9 months. He was so much like your Sisturus...
Umm... Hold that thought... I couldn't resist and just went to try and pull the snail shells out of the opening of Beluga's large shell... they won't come. NOW I'm wondering if there's another reason I haven't seen Beluga in two weeks... Something more... reproductive...