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Hey Lee, The hitchhiker is a Porcelain Anemone Crab (Neopetrolisthes ohshimai). For some reason he came in the Birdsnest Coral that I got and has not made an attempt to leave it, claiming it for his home. The "Hairy" Crab, I now believe is dead. He's upside down in the sand and has been at the same spot since yesterday. I'll post a pic in awhile.

I'll move him to the QT tank just 2 B safe. I also got a free hitch hiker (Porcelein Crab) with my Pink Birdsnest via Drs Foster and Smith!

Why do you think it "doesn't look like a friendly type of crab"?

Today I found a dead? (may be molting) Red hairy crab (Pilumnus spinifer) • Bristly crab (Pilumnus hirtellus), not sure which it is? Resembling these pics..Red Hairy and Bristly Crab Info However, I can't seem to find out much more than that? Anyone know anything about them?

buy a cheap used aquarium that will fit under your tank. Let me know the dimentions and I can help you with the dividers. Plate glass is waaayyy cheaper than Plexiglass or Lexan.

Robb, Thanks for the info. Here is the link to the topic: Sea Salt Comparison

I notice that "Tunze" seems to be the latest rage. I wondered what salt type you use and why? Tunze is made by HW and most salts; Kent, Oceanic, Reef Crystals, Tropic Marin, Seachem all pretty much contain the same stuff and all claim to be zero phosphates and zero nitrates. Just a thought? I'm not sure how to make this a poll or I would have.

Bump....Hopefully we can get a few more replys. I understand that salt actually contains over 100 minerals composed of 80 chemical compounds. So, if water changes are done on a smaller but, more frequent basis, say 10% changes every 10 days to two weeks to resupply the nutrients in the water, I've listed some of the basics that we buy to add to our aquariums but 1/4 teaspoon of sea salt contains the following so, why even spend the money on: Iodine (150 micrograms), Magnesium (400 milligrams), Calcium (1000 milligrams), Trace Elements.... Sure seems a lot cheaper than chemicals??? Chemicals for the Modern Hobby Aquarius seem to be the equivalent of the Pharmaceutical Industry to doctors...more of a "treat the symptoms and not the cause"???? No offense to our doctors... Just my 2 cents...

I'm almost certain it's a Cerith now. I saw about three of them on the LR yesterday. I pulled one out of the tank and placed it in a shallow pool of water in the lid of my Buffer and tried to take a pic. Alas, my camera's just won't do "Macro" type shots. They just came out blurry. I have not added any LR since the tank was up the First of July (doen't mean I didn't have a hitchhiker) and most of the LR came from my previous 55 gal. If they are Cerith as I suspect, they are reproducing at an incredible rate! I may have some to sell in the coming months. Watch this space...

Nick, Thanks for everything. It was good meeting you. The Brittle Star is "Happier than a Woodpecker in a Lumber Yard", stretching his arms in the new 225!

JBoy, Same colors as the snail you have posted but the shells on the ones in my tank are conical from front to back and not left to right, so to speak, much like a Cerith.

Here is the pic that I found from the other web site. ps: I used to know that chick on the right!

Hey Andrew, Actually the only thing I'm sure of is nothing! ha ha. The pic that you sent is the same shape as it the Cerith but look that the description of the Cerith on the link that I posted. The pic clearly shows pinpoint black dots on the shell. This is exactly what mine look like. They don't ever appear to be near my clams but, I will keep an eye out. Most of the time they are on the LR. I was concerned that they may be pyramidal's but they more closely resemble the Cerith. I could be wrong...it's happened once before! Maybe you can bring that Bad A_ _ Nikon over and zoom in for a couple of pics? My little Olympus pocket digital is good for nothing smaller than a human.

Got it...They are juvenile Cerith Snails. I never saw a pic until last night. I also found out that the eggs are always laid in a spiral pattern usually on the glass...in case you were wondering what all of the white circles were on your glass. Snail Species Photos and Descriptions

I'm going to try and take a pic so, I know this is harder without one but, my digital camera is a small pocket one and I can't zoom in enough with out it blurring. Anyway, I have a couple (2 now that I've found) snails that are identical in shape to a "Cerith" but, are snow white in color and have brilliant, pinpoint, black dots? Only about 1/4" in length. Waaaaaa Daaaaaa.....is it, them, they, ahhhh? Bueller......Anyone....

Sure, I'll sell you a leather Frag (eg: 1"x2" or so) for $10. I also have some that are twice as big if you wish to spend a few more bucks. I have the Button Polyps for $3/each. I have a few of these that have some 30+ heads on them. If that's too much, we can try and frag a smaller portion for you.

I've had no issues with regards to temperature. For Example: I just checked and the ambient air in the garage right now is 85 degrees. The sump temperature is at 78 degrees (where I have my current chiller temperature set to). The highest the temp went up to this summer was 80. So the chiller was doing it's thing and the sump has fairly thick walls for insulation. Not to mention, I had glass tops cut for the sump to evaporation and effect from thermal surroundings is kept to a minuimum.

I built my own sump with a 40 gallon refug in it. Check out my blog. If you'd like to see it in person, just drop me a line.

SOLD!

pm'd Have you noticed any aggression toward anything in your tank? I'm just concerned that he'll eat my shrimp!

so I should probably remove the sponge filters from my Eheim's to allow them to pass?

That's interesting because one of the inlets into my sump I have a filter sock that is fairly large as far as pores go. When I went to clean it the other day there were 5 inside the bag????? I pulled them out individually and placed them in my tank. The fish went nuts hunting them down!

Wondering if anyone has had success growing or whatever "Copepods"? There are some available on "Live Aquaria" that say you can add them directly to your aquarium or to your refugium. What is best? A bit of both? A bottle of these guys is $19.99. I have some type of little critters zipping around the rocks in Fuge that look like "Silverfish" if you will. I think that is what they are but, how do you "harvest" them to put into your tank to feed the fish? My brain, hurts...much!

I have a lot of "Devil's Hand" Leather Corals and "Button Polyps" that I'd like to trade for any other frag that you may have. Most of mine are pretty good frags at about 2"-3" tall and about 1"-2" wide. Lots of polyps open on them, very healthy. I would like to get some "Acro" and "Fans" as well.

Don't usually get to Austin as I own/run a restaurant 6 days a week.