now that the monster is gone

[cindyski]

today i ordered from here:
a replacement false perc
a replacement CBS
6 line wrasse
colt coral
replacement scarlet hermits
a replacement lettuce nudibranch
sound good?
i am left with 1 false perc, 3 chromis, 2 peppermints, 1 cleaner, 1 serpent star and 1 orange linkia star & a sally lightfoot, some snails and a few scarlet hermits. and of course still some unknown hitchhikers & the corals that i previously had.

 

[ogdog30]

Who was the monster?:notsure: :thinking:

 

[cindyski]

Originally posted by ogdog30
Who was the monster?:notsure: :thinking:
this guy

 

[ogdog30]

Why is he such a monster?:notsure:

 

[cindyski]

because the items i have listed at the replacements, he ATE

 

[aarone]

gorilla crab cindy?

 

[cindyski]

Originally posted by aarone
gorilla crab cindy?
not a clue, other threads i had about him said some kind of stone crab maybe.

 

[pacopetty]

Cindy, I may have one but I am not sure. My water is fine and I can't think of anything else that could be making my fish disappear. I had a small GSM disappear last night so I moved all my LR and there is no sign of him. He was the mate to a large female GSM that is still in the tank. They were together at the LFS for about 3 months before I bought them.
Other MIA:
3 percula clowns
1 royal gramma
All of my fish that go missing are under 2" and there is never a carcass left in the tank. I only have 3 SLHC so I don't think they could eat the entire fish that fast.
What do you think?

 

[jkvjl]

Now you have me worried. I saw something like that in my tank.:nervous:

 

[pacopetty]

I wish I could see something like that in mine at least I would know where my fish were going!

 

[cindyski]

paco, watch in the evening, they like to hang upside down under the rocks (at least my guy did) they blend in very well and sometimes are impossible to see. i would guess it is very well possible you have a monster. l litterally saw this guy trying to eat my serpent star and got a chunk off one of his legs (thats the day we were finally able to get him out)
i never had a carcas left of any kind either, and no amonia spikes.

 

[pacopetty]

I haven't had the ammonia spikes either thats why I think something is eating my fish.

 

[kittykitty]

Did you cook him up and eat him cindy?

 

[cindyski]

Originally posted by KittyKitty
Did you cook him up and eat him cindy?

no, i'm gonna let him get a little bigger

btw, what happened to you yesterday? (literati)

 

[mkengr45]

hey, I just caught the exact same crab in my tank while moving it. I removed it to try and find out what the hell it is. Can anyone ID these crabs. Mine is IDENTICAL. I have him in a plastic tub with about 10gallons of old tank water. So do I put him back in the tank, or get rid of him.

 

[yellowtail]

dont put him back in the tank as above he was stated a MONSTER!!!!

 

[agent 14]

how big is it?

 

[coxy101]

I had a killer crab, too! Luckily I was watching my tank one evening after I fed the fish and a nassarius snail came out of the sand and started searching for food and BAM - the killer crab struck and killed the snail. Then my peppermint got close and he tried to grab him. He got away but it might have been injured as he is now missing.
I got the crab out by feeding the tank to see what rock he was in and I just took the rock out and shook it over a bucket and he fell out. I couldn't kill the crab - and you can't release it in the wild. So it's hanging out in the sump right now...

 

[irenicus]

Had one like that in a reef tank I set up. Took me awhile to figure out what was killing my inhabitants.