Tom's Caribbean Tropicals Inc.

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Shellfish

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Common name:
Spiny Oyster

Scientific name: Spondylus americanus

Depth found: 70' to 100'

Size: 2" to 6"

Compatibility:
Good in reef tanks

How common: Very in deep water

Item #: 747 S & L

Notes:

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Common name:
Flame Scallop

Scientific name:
Rouph lima

Depth found: 5' to 50'

Size: 1" to 3"

Compatibility:
Good in reef tanks

How common: Very

Item #: 759

Notes:

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Common name:
Duster Cluster

Scientific name:

Depth found: 5' to 50'

Size: 1" to 10"

Compatibility:
Good in reef tanks

How common: Rare

Item #: 824

Notes:

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Common name:
Coraline Algae

Scientific name:

Depth found:
5' to 50'

Size: 1" to 10"

Compatibility:
Good in reef tanks

How common: common

Item #: 829

Notes:

 
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Common name:
All other scallops

Sientific name:
Order lima

Depth found: 1' to 50'

Size: 1/2" to 4"

Compatibility: Good in reef tanks

How common: Very

Item #: 843

Notes:

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Common name:
Pin Shell

Sientific name:
Pinna carnea

Depth found: 5' to 50'

Size: 3" to 10"

Compatibility: Good in reef tanks

How common: Rare

Item #: 989

Notes: Lice in sand with the shell up

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Common name: Christmas Tree Worm

Sientific name: Spirobranchus grandis

Depth found: 5' to 100'

Size: <1"

Compatibility: Good in reef tanks

How common: Very

Item #: 991

Notes: Hard to get because usually attached to rock, and rock is protected.

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Common name:
 Aquacultured Live Rock

Scientific name:
Aquacultured Live Rock, Wild rock is protected.

Size:
Usu
ally about 4-8"

Reef safe
:
About 40-80% purple colaline.Usually has other small critters like tiny urchins, stars, shrimp.

Compatibility:
Not good for non reef tanks

How Common:
Very Common. We get this from a person who grows it on the reef.

Item #:
812
                                                            
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Toms Caribbean

Common name:
 Spanish lobster

Scientific name: Panulirus guttatus

Depth found:
 5' to 30'

Size: 3" to 10"

Compatibility:
Good in reef tanks, larger ones can mess up a tank.

How common: Somewhat

Item #: 735 S, M, L

Notes:

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 Toms Caribbean

Common name: Shovelnose Lobster

Scientific name: Scyllarides aequinoctialis

Depth found:
 5' to 50'

Size: 2" to 8"

Compatibility:
Good in reef tanks, larger ones can mess up a tank.

How common: Somewhat

Item #: 737 S, M, L

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