Candy Stripe Shrimp midsound invasion

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Candy Stripe Shrimp midsound invasion

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Lately there have been reports of candy stripe shrimp at the north end of the Edmonds UP. Yesterday evening I found one under the geodome at the T Dock in Mukilteo. I was previously unaware of them being seen outside of the San Juans and Fidalgo Island. I haven't been diving long enough to know if they've been spotted in these areas in the past or not. Either way its great to see!
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That's fantastic news!!! Some of my dive buddies also found some at Point Hudson on our dive Sunday 😍🍭🦐🍭🦐🍭🦐
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Very cool! There have been reports of Candy at Edmond UWP in years past (>10 years ago though). And we saw them at keystone a couple years ago.
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Wow... Candy at the Muk ? I did plant a crimson anem there at one time but I think it swam away ...
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H20doctor wrote: Thu Jun 10, 2021 10:05 pm Wow... Candy at the Muk ? I did plant a crimson anem there at one time but I think it swam away ...
There is definitely still the one under the west side of the dome that I thought showed up randomly last year….
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I had found a large crimson out deep one night scooting around and I planted it on top of one of the rocks inside the Geo Dome ... I found a large white clam shell and gave it a place to attach to
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