Thursday, February 12, 2009

Crustacean Parole


There is a 125 gallon saltwater tank at the breakroom at my office. When the crew goes on training dives, sometimes they bring back some denizens of the deep and they get temporarily holed up.

This guy has been in the tank for almost 6 months. He's molted 3 times but hasn't grown much. We don't do nearly the amount of water changes that we should (or chemical additions) to sustain a spiny lobster. He's slowly been losing his dark coloring (lack of some minerals that he would normally pull from the water).

SO, today I fished him out of the tank and set him FREE!!! Sting would be so proud (free, free, set them free).

Aloha spiny lobster dude! Next time I see you, you better run!

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