Predators doing their job.

Since introducing Harlequin Shrimp couple of months ago, my asterina population has dropped to almost nothing. I used to pull 20/30 off glass every day or so. Now I rarely, if ever, see them.

Small nuisance snail that used to cover glass by the hundreds at night, have almost disappeared since arrival of sixline.

Rock that only a few days ago was thickly covered by little brown polyps (hydroids ?) - is now half bare. Added a dozen hermit crabs last week, and they seem to be mowing them down.

Thankfully (and hopefully) my "pest" plagues are getting under control with little additional effort from me.

("insha allah" - "God Willing")

 

Kick ass...Omard! (I can say "ass" on the internet?) LOL. Something to keep in the reference files for future use, if need be. Thanks! Linda
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Thats awesome Omar!

 

I used to have those snails. That drove me nuts. The Sixline didn't help me, I had to attack them at water changes. Glad it worked for you. What kind of snails were those? I forgot. There should be a big warning sign with a stripe through those.

 

Found my old thread.
Here was my experience with those buggers:
http://www.3reef.com/forums/inverts/snail-plague-what-do-i-do-33301.html

The worst! ACCK...

 

Yep...those are the same little "buggers."

Good point on Ca usage...that never occured to me.

I don't know if the sixline actually eats mature snail...but must go after eggs or little guys.

 

Well if you find the cure all to those, you will be rich! Good luck Omar.
Hmmm.. Gresham didn't think they were Ceriths... I will dig for an ID later.

 

Cool on the 12 Hermits! I added 13 about a month ago and they are doing Great and it's nice to see the action..

 

That's great. I added a copperband to help with a severe aptasia problem. That was three weeks ago. Can't find one aptasia and the copperband has moved on to frozen foods.