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Hey everyone Halloween-themed creatures list below!
(I know it's the wrong season - sorry - but I'll forget if I wait until October.)
Long story short, it occurred to me that a lot of critters in our tanks have common names that could work for a Halloween-themed tank. So, knowing that a lot of people love Halloween, I figured I would share a list of the creatures I could think of with names that I associate with sort of the "classical" image of Halloween (I haven't listed any corals or macroalgae here, but there are things like Jack-o-Lantern Leptoseris, Dead Man's Fingers [Codium spp.], and Sailor's Eyeball [Valonia ventricosa - A.K.A. Bubble Algae] that would work well; I also intentionally tried to avoid totally unrealistic options like the Vampire Squid - sorry). A few of these (like the Witch Flounder) would likely need to be special-ordered for a hefty sum, but the vast majority of them are relatively common/easy to find.
I've tried to list some particularly important info (such as if they are predatory or coldwater), but I've likely missed adding that info for some of the creatures below (in some cases, I purposefully left the tag off as the common name applies to multiple species - so in cases where the tag may or may not apply depending on the specific species involved, I left the tag off).
If you can think of anything I missed (or any corals/algae that work well) that might be viable, feel free to add them here!
Inverts:
-Halloween Hermit Crab
-Halloween Urchin
-Red Heart Urchin
-Nassarius Snails ("Zombie Snails")
-Spider Conch
-Spider Crab
-Ghost Shrimp
-Candy Cane/Candy Stripe/Randall's Pistol Shrimp
-Skeleton Shrimp
-Blood Cockle/Blood Clam (*these have hemoglobin in their blood and can pass blood-borne diseases to people)
-Giant Heart Cockle (there are smaller heart cockle species, but this is the only one I've seen actively sold)
-Black Widow Bubble Tip Anemone
-Serpent Starfish
-Blood Starfish (Coldwater)
-Bat Starfish (Coldwater - Predator)
-Razor Clam (Coldwater)
-Moon Snail (Coldwater - Predator)
-Sea Spider (Pycnogonida) (*these are considered pests, and they typically eat corals)
Fish:
-Batfish
-Midnight Angelfish
-Fiji Blue Devil Damselfish (or any number of other "devilfish")
-Dracula Goby
-Vampire Tang
-Ghost Pipefish
-Blood Spot Anthias
-Firefish
-Lantern Basslet
-Coral Catfish (or other Catfish species, but the others I've seen for sale get huge)
-Candy Basslet
-Sea Moth
-Scrawled Filefish/Broomfish
-Broom Filefish/Broom Leatherjacket
-Dusky Wrasse
-Tonguefish
-Lizard Blenny
-Snake Eel (Predator?)
-Duckbill/Witch Eel (Predator?)
-Wolf Eel/Wolf Blenny (Predator)
-Lizardfish (Predator)
-Toadfish (Predator)
-Frogfish (Predator)
-Sea Goblin (Predator)
-Hagfish (Coldwater)
-Snailfish (Coldwater)
-Witch Flounder (Coldwater)
-Facciola's Sorcerer (Coldwater)
-Dogface Witch Eel (Coldwater?)
-Lanternfish/Flashlight Fish (Coldwater)
-Candlefish (Coldwater)
-Sea Raven (Coldwater - Predator)
-Wolf Fish (Coldwater - Predator)
(I know it's the wrong season - sorry - but I'll forget if I wait until October.)
Long story short, it occurred to me that a lot of critters in our tanks have common names that could work for a Halloween-themed tank. So, knowing that a lot of people love Halloween, I figured I would share a list of the creatures I could think of with names that I associate with sort of the "classical" image of Halloween (I haven't listed any corals or macroalgae here, but there are things like Jack-o-Lantern Leptoseris, Dead Man's Fingers [Codium spp.], and Sailor's Eyeball [Valonia ventricosa - A.K.A. Bubble Algae] that would work well; I also intentionally tried to avoid totally unrealistic options like the Vampire Squid - sorry). A few of these (like the Witch Flounder) would likely need to be special-ordered for a hefty sum, but the vast majority of them are relatively common/easy to find.
I've tried to list some particularly important info (such as if they are predatory or coldwater), but I've likely missed adding that info for some of the creatures below (in some cases, I purposefully left the tag off as the common name applies to multiple species - so in cases where the tag may or may not apply depending on the specific species involved, I left the tag off).
If you can think of anything I missed (or any corals/algae that work well) that might be viable, feel free to add them here!
Inverts:
-Halloween Hermit Crab
-Halloween Urchin
-Red Heart Urchin
-Nassarius Snails ("Zombie Snails")
-Spider Conch
-Spider Crab
-Ghost Shrimp
-Candy Cane/Candy Stripe/Randall's Pistol Shrimp
-Skeleton Shrimp
-Blood Cockle/Blood Clam (*these have hemoglobin in their blood and can pass blood-borne diseases to people)
-Giant Heart Cockle (there are smaller heart cockle species, but this is the only one I've seen actively sold)
-Black Widow Bubble Tip Anemone
-Serpent Starfish
-Blood Starfish (Coldwater)
-Bat Starfish (Coldwater - Predator)
-Razor Clam (Coldwater)
-Moon Snail (Coldwater - Predator)
-Sea Spider (Pycnogonida) (*these are considered pests, and they typically eat corals)
Fish:
-Batfish
-Midnight Angelfish
-Fiji Blue Devil Damselfish (or any number of other "devilfish")
-Dracula Goby
-Vampire Tang
-Ghost Pipefish
-Blood Spot Anthias
-Firefish
-Lantern Basslet
-Coral Catfish (or other Catfish species, but the others I've seen for sale get huge)
-Candy Basslet
-Sea Moth
-Scrawled Filefish/Broomfish
-Broom Filefish/Broom Leatherjacket
-Dusky Wrasse
-Tonguefish
-Lizard Blenny
-Snake Eel (Predator?)
-Duckbill/Witch Eel (Predator?)
-Wolf Eel/Wolf Blenny (Predator)
-Lizardfish (Predator)
-Toadfish (Predator)
-Frogfish (Predator)
-Sea Goblin (Predator)
-Hagfish (Coldwater)
-Snailfish (Coldwater)
-Witch Flounder (Coldwater)
-Facciola's Sorcerer (Coldwater)
-Dogface Witch Eel (Coldwater?)
-Lanternfish/Flashlight Fish (Coldwater)
-Candlefish (Coldwater)
-Sea Raven (Coldwater - Predator)
-Wolf Fish (Coldwater - Predator)