hiya,
set up my tank just under a month ago, 24g nano, interpet river reef 50, and got 2 clowns (occelaris) about 1 inch long. Tank was initially set up with about 7/8kg (18lb) of LR, but last week i added about 2-3kg of rubble into the filter to replace the ceramics, as well as about another 3kg to the main display, including a big piece cos of the xenia it had growing on it.
However, i got home today and checked the tank (rock work wasn't massively stable and some pieces fell down in the earthquake we had over here in England, but nothing major) but when i'd put it all back together, i realised that i only had one clown. I'v checked for about an hour for any sign of carpet surfing, but couldn't find anything. i assumed it may hav been hiding, ue to work in tank etc and it being the shy one, but then this evening i saw some movement in the tank and it turned out to be a large darkish crab, about 1 1/2 to 2" across the carapiece, and, although this is mere prejudic i admit, it looked evil, like a regular crab, with large pincers for its size.
i already hav 2 hermits and one small hitchiker crab that i knew about, as well as 2 big bristleworms (9"+), as well as the usual brittle stars ,feather dusters etc, also hav lots of mushrooms, but all small, water fine, haven't tested it for a few days but all corals doing fine so i don't think its that, other clown looks fine ,was no sign of disease, both were feeding well on flake.
The only thing i can think of is that the big crab ate the clown. can anyone tell me if this is possibl/happened before? and if so, whats the best way to catch it?
cheers
set up my tank just under a month ago, 24g nano, interpet river reef 50, and got 2 clowns (occelaris) about 1 inch long. Tank was initially set up with about 7/8kg (18lb) of LR, but last week i added about 2-3kg of rubble into the filter to replace the ceramics, as well as about another 3kg to the main display, including a big piece cos of the xenia it had growing on it.
However, i got home today and checked the tank (rock work wasn't massively stable and some pieces fell down in the earthquake we had over here in England, but nothing major) but when i'd put it all back together, i realised that i only had one clown. I'v checked for about an hour for any sign of carpet surfing, but couldn't find anything. i assumed it may hav been hiding, ue to work in tank etc and it being the shy one, but then this evening i saw some movement in the tank and it turned out to be a large darkish crab, about 1 1/2 to 2" across the carapiece, and, although this is mere prejudic i admit, it looked evil, like a regular crab, with large pincers for its size.
i already hav 2 hermits and one small hitchiker crab that i knew about, as well as 2 big bristleworms (9"+), as well as the usual brittle stars ,feather dusters etc, also hav lots of mushrooms, but all small, water fine, haven't tested it for a few days but all corals doing fine so i don't think its that, other clown looks fine ,was no sign of disease, both were feeding well on flake.
The only thing i can think of is that the big crab ate the clown. can anyone tell me if this is possibl/happened before? and if so, whats the best way to catch it?
cheers
