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Re: red/orange "stuff"
« Reply #30 on: December 19, 2009, 09:42:00 PM »
i hope when u do get them they survive your hermits...
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Re: red/orange "stuff"
« Reply #31 on: December 20, 2009, 06:05:00 AM »
^^I hope so too  :-\
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Re: red/orange "stuff"
« Reply #32 on: December 21, 2009, 01:09:27 AM »
as far as my expierence my hermits dont really bother the snails. but then again they usually stay near the top. lol
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Re: red/orange "stuff"
« Reply #33 on: December 21, 2009, 09:09:04 AM »
whats near the top? snails or crabs? both of mine are everywhere and the crabs loved to get to my nassarius..i have hardly any left. and any unsuspecting snail i have on the sand will be greeted by a murderer!!!!
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Re: red/orange "stuff"
« Reply #34 on: December 21, 2009, 09:59:12 AM »
Quote from: cruzincaril on December 18, 2009, 07:07:33 PM
as for plants there are some for salt tanks..and i sure remember those diatom blooms and some of u guys mite remember that weird algae i had on the sand? well alls cleared up now except the green stuff on the glass to scrape off


every new tank has it's "algae cycle", and the diatom bloom is the first one to show up.  many tend to get a bit of red cyano in the beginning as well (we're seeing a bit in the 100 gal ATM, and it's NOT lack of current).  this is one of the things that the maturation process deals with.  the systems need to balance out and stabilize, and it takes time.

as for plants, there are lots of choices for macro algaes as well as some true vascular plants for SW tanx...i have macro in most of my setups.
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Re: red/orange "stuff"
« Reply #35 on: December 21, 2009, 10:07:42 AM »
Quote from: cruzincaril on December 21, 2009, 09:09:04 AM
whats near the top? snails or crabs? both of mine are everywhere and the crabs loved to get to my nassarius..i have hardly any left. and any unsuspecting snail i have on the sand will be greeted by a murderer!!!!


I seem to be down to one hermit now  ???, I did have three!!!

However, my snails still keep disappearing :(, and nothing ever looks responsible; weird eh?
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Re: red/orange "stuff"
« Reply #36 on: December 21, 2009, 10:49:47 AM »
That is weird!

I also started with 3 hermits, now down to 2. Thought I lost another one a few days back....found what I *thought* was a dead crab, turns out it was just the remains from his molt  8) He's BACK!

Still snail-less. The diatom has calmed down a bit. I might wait until after the holidays to get them, it'll be a busy few weeks.

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Re: red/orange "stuff"
« Reply #37 on: December 21, 2009, 11:03:22 AM »
Hooray!!! ;D

Pleased he didn't die.

Aren't the 'moult cases' strange? You'd swear it was the real thing  ???
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Re: red/orange "stuff"
« Reply #38 on: December 21, 2009, 12:27:58 PM »
you guys are lucky..whenever i saw a supposed molt it was the reallll thing..have u tried looking under rocks and whatever u have in there for crab legs or snail shells ? ive found empty shells buried in my rocks where they were murdered by a crab..(im starting to sound like a horror fiction writer..lol)
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Re: red/orange "stuff"
« Reply #39 on: December 21, 2009, 02:23:31 PM »
   Snail shells everywhere.....I have taken out approximately 15 up to now  ???

   My supplier thinks I'm eating them I'm sure :-\ lol.
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Re: red/orange "stuff"
« Reply #40 on: December 21, 2009, 03:49:32 PM »
have u checked your nitrate levels? how are the rest of the level? spg? ph? etc??
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Re: red/orange "stuff"
« Reply #41 on: December 21, 2009, 04:00:47 PM »
Why would you take the shells out? You seem to think the crabs are killing the snails for the shells, so if that is indeed the case, wouldn't you want to leave them in there? I personally have never had trouble with hermits killing snails, although every once in a while I see one wearing a margarita shell on its back.

You can just buy a bag of nassarius shells for dirt cheap and throw them in your tank for the hermits. That is what I do.

Nassarius snails are STRONG and fast as all hell. I can't imagine a hermit catching and killing one. Are you sure that they are being killed and not just starving to death in an immature tank?
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Re: red/orange "stuff"
« Reply #42 on: December 21, 2009, 04:07:58 PM »
i had nassarius for the longest time til i got the crabs..and yeh i see them walking around with the nass shells. and if ind them on the sand..i doubt they starving. thos crabs are pretty fast too..so i dunno whats gooin on but i agree shudnt take out all the shells.leave some behind..i have some but they are the trochus and they walking around with nass...ha....go figure..they fashion conscious i guess..
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Re: red/orange "stuff"
« Reply #43 on: December 21, 2009, 07:09:22 PM »
Quote from: cruzincaril on December 21, 2009, 12:27:58 PM
ive found empty shells buried in my rocks where they were murdered by a crab..(im starting to sound like a horror fiction writer..lol)


LOL!!!!  :D
Not laughing at the murdered snails of course....just the horror fiction writer!!
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Re: red/orange "stuff"
« Reply #44 on: December 21, 2009, 07:14:26 PM »
As of now the only shells that are in the tank that are large enough are ON the hermits. I placed an order yesterday on ebay for some extra shells. Hoping that'll help keep them away from the snails once I get them.
They are pretty too...so hopefully those fashion conscious hermits we all seem to have will appreciate them  ;D

Tania - I had to laugh at your statement about what your supplier may think. I'm sure that must be frustrating though  :-\
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