New pics of my restarted SW setup!

[TankBuster]

All I am saying is that my hermit crab came stock with a sort of side twisted shell and he killed my turbo snail and took over the shell, just struck me as odd, like seeing a camaro with a mustang front end.

 

[TankBuster]

Again ????? What is a crab shell?? All of there shells are some form of snail shell. I get what you mean about turbo snail shells being wierd but i have seen quite a few hermits using them.

google hermit crab images, then google turbo snail images.

 

[ewurm]

Nice looking Percula clown. I have always wanted one. I only have the ocellaris. oh well!!

Glad you set up sw tank again. I hate when people get discouraged and leave hobby!!

This is MonsterFishKeepers. We don't get discouraged, we get more knowledge and more fish.

 

[ewurm]

All I am saying is that my hermit crab came stock with a sort of side twisted shell and he killed my turbo snail and took over the shell, just struck me as odd, like seeing a camaro with a mustang front end.

You are right, all my hermits come in those trumpet snail type shells. I think it is they take a shell that fits them, and the hermits are always small when they come in.

 

[spotfin]

Most of the blue leg hermits come in cerith snail shells (the long conical shells) from the wild. I think when someone throws a bunch of turbo snails in their aquarium, they eventually die for what ever reasons. Then, the hermits take over the snail shells. I find it hard to believe a hermit can kill a healthy turbo snail and extract it from its shell.

 

[davo]

That sucks, better luck with this one. I don't know anyone that has had a sw disease spread through their tanks, its normally just something dies and destroys everything, or have bad water (same thing i guess) or have some monster beastie in the tank eating everything. Anyway, good luck, great start!

 

[chrisdef15]

All I am saying is that my hermit crab came stock with a sort of side twisted shell and he killed my turbo snail and took over the shell, just struck me as odd, like seeing a camaro with a mustang front end.

Yeah i got ya we must just have different species around here. I havent ever really seen them in a particular type of shell they are always in all different ones.

 

[ewurm]

Most of the blue leg hermits come in cerith snail shells (the long conical shells) from the wild. I think when someone throws a bunch of turbo snails in their aquarium, they eventually die for what ever reasons. Then, the hermits take over the snail shells. I find it hard to believe a hermit can kill a healthy turbo snail and extract it from its shell.

I have seen it happen. A big crab got ahold of a snail. Turbos don't have trap doors, and the crab continued to pick at the snail until it was dead. Then, the other hermits came over to take part in the feast, and the big hermit ended up with the shell.

 

[nbku3vm]

It's a 20. Protein Skimmer, Skilter 400, 20lbs of live rock, aragonite live substrate.

What did it cost you to set up your 20? I was going to buy a 29 nanocube with the built in filtration and lights but I think I can do a regular 20 myself for cheaper. what do you think?

 

[ewurm]

What did it cost you to set up your 20? I was going to buy a 29 nanocube with the built in filtration and lights but I think I can do a regular 20 myself for cheaper. what do you think?

Tank was free, Skilter was $80, Skimmer free from Tankbuster, about $150 worth of live rock, food was $20, substrate $30, stand was $20, snails, crabs, and other inverts $50, fish $200, bio spira $15, filter media $20, digital thermometer $10, hydrometer $10, salt $34