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Well, after wondering what has been eating snails eggs, hermits, snails, and coral... I finally found out what it was. Fiancee called me while I was at work to let me know that one my my mithrax crabs looked really funny and was eating a snail. I followed up with a series of questions and figured I had a gorilla crab.

Its not a gorilla crab, but none the less, a nasty one that needed to be removed. He put up a good fight, and now he resided in my sump. Its beyond me how he got in my ...

Was looking over the tank and came across this weird guy. Since I have had sundial snails in the past, I was quick to get the tweezers after him. With a closer look, I am not really sure what to make of it. Its got a black/white striped partial shell, with a very distinct head and tail. The overall body is similar to a stomatella, but the markings certainly aren't. Any ideas?


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I have a few questions regarding what is best for a SPS only tank.
The tank itself is a 20 gallon octaganol tank, which I am in the middle of resealing, and will be drilling later this month. I plan to have a good skimmer, and some chaeto, and supplementing with two part as opposed to a reactor. Just too costly for me right now, especially on a 20 gallon. It will have about 15lbs of LR in the display and another 15 in the sump, or at least thats the plan. I dont have my rock structure planned ...