I added an emerald crab (along with a turbo snail who is an expert level hider) 2 days ago to my tank. The crab immediately went under a rock and stayed there for a couple days. Last night after lights out I went back and checked In the hole and it was still there and moving within the hole.
fast forward to walking in just now and there are 2 nassarius snails that are usually on the other side of the tank all over the hole the crab was in with another burrowed in the sand not too far away.
I know these guys will clean up dead stuff so I’m wondering if that’s the case. I don’t want to move them and check just in case it is dead, as I wouldn’t be able to get Into the hole to remove it even if I wanted to.
Ps. I am certain these are nassarius and not whelk. I did have a whelk in the mix but it was purged immediately upon discovery
fast forward to walking in just now and there are 2 nassarius snails that are usually on the other side of the tank all over the hole the crab was in with another burrowed in the sand not too far away.
I know these guys will clean up dead stuff so I’m wondering if that’s the case. I don’t want to move them and check just in case it is dead, as I wouldn’t be able to get Into the hole to remove it even if I wanted to.
Ps. I am certain these are nassarius and not whelk. I did have a whelk in the mix but it was purged immediately upon discovery