Something I have never seen.

Discussion in 'General Reef Topics' started by cdgardner11, May 13, 2011.

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  1. cdgardner11

    cdgardner11 Spanish Shawl Nudibranch

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    My turbo snail and a large hermit got stuck together and I am not sure without me they would of ever got apart!

    The turbo climbed over the hermit on its way around the tank, well the weight of the turbo flipped the turbo on its back. So the turbo couldn't move cause it had nothing to grab onto but the hermit and the hermit could not get its feet on the ground. The turbo keep pushing more of himself out of his shell while the hermit just fringed his arms around.

    Anyway thought it was weird and wanted to share. It was not easy peeling the hermit off the turbo but slowly I got it and both seem to be doing fine.

    When I first approached the tank i was sure the turbo was dead and the hermit was eating it.
     
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  3. BlueWaters10

    BlueWaters10 Skunk Shrimp

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    That's funny. I have had a turbo get stuck to turbo and they battles around for a few minutes before separating.
     
  4. SushiGirl

    SushiGirl Barracuda

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    You could have just pushed them up against a rock or the glass, so the turbo could grab it & move along. I had to do that the other day when a turbo was on top of a cerith and pulled it off the glass & onto the sand on their backs with nothing close by to grab LOL.
     
  5. andrewgwu

    andrewgwu Astrea Snail

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    That's interesting.... new, but haven't had that happen