Sunday six pack

[wax32]

Here is the hermit I was talking about:

 

[wax32]

I'm guessing the snail my hermit's shell is from was a Cominella lineolata which comes from the area around Australia.

 

[wax32]

Misty's snail looks like it is a Euthria bernardi.
At any rate, I'd get it out since whelks tend to be problem children.

 

[misty7850]

Thanks for the input everyone.. The snail doesn't appear to be a sand sifter.. It stays in the rocks mostly during the day, and comes out at night. hasn't seemed to bother anything in the tank so far... but if its preditory.. I don't want to take any chances.. I will get it out asap..

 

[hondaeg95]

This is a type of whelk, I would get rid of it. It could cause problems later.

 

[speg]

I have the same ones and I relocated them to a special tank without any critters in it. They are a preditory snail and there are pics of them all over this website... just dont ask me to dig them up

 

[spartan78]

Wax, what type of hermit is that?

 

[wax32]

Calcinus tibicen

 

[misty7850]

well he must know I'm trying to oust him, cause I usually see it everyday, and now it is in "Hiding" as soon as I see it, I have a friend who says they will take it, even though I have told them it is predatory. So now we just play the waiting game.
Wax, that is a different looking hermit.. Does it cause any problems ?

 

[wax32]

Nope.
Here is another picture of the same hermit:
http://www.zooxanthellae.com
Calcinus tibicen
And a picture of a related hermit wearing the same shell, before the orange hermit:

Calcinus elegans