Where's my horse shoe?

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Pazzoman

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Hey guys I received my order of invertebrates yesterday which contained many snails hermit crabs and one 1 inch horse shoe crab all from live aquaria. After 2 hours of accumulating the invertebrates with the drip system, I notice how active the horse shoe crab was in my 72 bow front. Now i can't find him, I figure they bury into the sands but a few min ago I went thorough the sand with tong all of the bottom of the tank and only saw the snails that stir the sands in their. I currently have no fish in their because my puffer has ick and now all of the fish....clark clownfish, long nose hawk fish, porcupine puffer and snow flake eel are all in quarantine tanks. All of these fish except the eel is under 3in, the eel is like 8in. I don't know if he could be camping in the rocks, don't know what to do for him to reveal himself.....he looks awesome...thanks
In about 2 weeks the life cycle of the ick should be dead in the main tank, and in the hospital tanks the fish are being treated with super ick cure with raised temperature....
 
you probably just missed him. i have one thats about 4" tip to tail and i have a really hard time finding him in very little sand volume. a 1" guy may be nearly impossible to find in your tank, no matter how hard you try. they are fast under that sand.
 
You're way better treating those fish with hypo, instead of meds--especially the puffer, who is very sensitive to ich meds.
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