There have been murders in my tank!

[moldrik]

Ok, it's not a matter of the tank being clean or not.

I came into work today and the lights were off. I noticed another snail, upside down looking dead.

I turned on the lights after saying "what the f....??". Something darted off in a direction, way too quick for me to notice what it was. I'm thinking some sort of worm??

If anyone has any suggestions, let me know. I need to figure out what the hell is killing my snails.

[LeeR]

its the arrow crab

[LeeR]

maybe a mantis

[moldrik]

The arrow crab was far away from the snail when I turned on the light. It's not the arrow crab. Arrow crabs are scavengers and I had fed him the night before.

There was something on the snail, I just don't know what it was. It was too fast.

[BC564]

I am guessing that you have another crab in there that you didnt know you had. Try and get a good look at it. Be prepared before you turn on the lights

[moldrik]

Any way for me to setup a trap or anything? I could round up my snails overnight in a plastic container and setup some food for it.

[BC564]

Yeah you can try and trap it using a bottle and bait.

[Keri]

When I moved my crabs + snails from the old tank to the new one I caught most of them by hand but I wasn't sure if a few stragglers were left hiding in the sand, so I set up a little tupperware in the tank, covered in bridal veil with a little slit in it so if they were persistant enough they copuld get in, baited it with frozen fish food and waited till the next morning. 4 crabs and 2 snails!