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vikubz
09/21/2007, 08:07 PM
Yesterday I received an order from etropicals for some snails, hermits and a couple peppermint shrimp.

After doing the acclimation, I put what I think are 20 astrea snails in the tank. Then after a moment, a couple of them get up and walk around, 'cause they're hermit crabs, not snails. It looks like about 7 or 8 are crabs and the rest snails.

Anyone had a similar experience?

I am keeping an eye on one of the crabs, since it is not a type I've seen before. It appears to have equal size claws, but is more of a cream/olive color, and is already an inch in size.

I was credited for the snails BTW.

scubasteve247
09/22/2007, 12:24 AM
PICS!!! LOL

JamesV77
09/22/2007, 11:21 AM
Same Crap happened to me from MarineDepot live. Ordered snails, the shells were correct but almost all were taken over by hermit crabs. I wont be buying clean up crew stuff online again. Gotta have a visual of what I am getting now.....lol