It was one of therr own. I have had a 29 gallon up and running for about a year and 1/2 and everything is going well. The only problem is I could not keep snails. The mexcian turbo was fine but all the smaller ones just kept disapearing. Then one time I saw a large hitchhiker snail looking like it was sucking the meat out of a smaller snail. I was on my way to work and did not have time to stick my hand in the tank and when I came back they were both gone. The snail in question looks like a Nassarius, with that one antena like thing sticking up from his head. He is big though, and an inch and 1/2 with stripes like a zebra. Fast too, he can cruise.
I suspected him in my snail losses so I tossed him in the hang on the back refugium. With in a day he was back in the tank, crawled back in via the outlet tube. So he is big, fast and smart. Now he is living alone in a 3 gallon tank and all snails are accounted for in the 29. Nasty little critter, I'd love to see one of my hermits in that striped shell. I just can't bring myself to give him the freezer bath. Anybody want him?
I suspected him in my snail losses so I tossed him in the hang on the back refugium. With in a day he was back in the tank, crawled back in via the outlet tube. So he is big, fast and smart. Now he is living alone in a 3 gallon tank and all snails are accounted for in the 29. Nasty little critter, I'd love to see one of my hermits in that striped shell. I just can't bring myself to give him the freezer bath. Anybody want him?