We just bought our first batch of livestock for our first marine tank yesterday.
We bought 6xCerith, 6xTrochus, 6xNassarius and 6 red legged hermits. Looks like we are losing the crabs slowly. I think 3 are already gone (24 hours). I caught a Nassarius smothering one, not sure if he was snacking on him, then he left. Maybe the crab was already dead, I now know they are carrion eaters. Then an hour or so later this guy came along and dragged the crab out of his shell and is now eating him. I did some reading on Nassarius and it sounds like the one in the picture might actually be a Welk Snail (pest), sold to us in error perhaps?
Ideas please? I’d like to get it out of the tank if so as we also got some blood shrimp that were a bit pricy!
Thanks!
We bought 6xCerith, 6xTrochus, 6xNassarius and 6 red legged hermits. Looks like we are losing the crabs slowly. I think 3 are already gone (24 hours). I caught a Nassarius smothering one, not sure if he was snacking on him, then he left. Maybe the crab was already dead, I now know they are carrion eaters. Then an hour or so later this guy came along and dragged the crab out of his shell and is now eating him. I did some reading on Nassarius and it sounds like the one in the picture might actually be a Welk Snail (pest), sold to us in error perhaps?
Ideas please? I’d like to get it out of the tank if so as we also got some blood shrimp that were a bit pricy!
Thanks!