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I don't know the scientific name for it right off the top of my head but it's a type of tube worm. It feeds by laying out it's strands which are covered in mucus and hauls food back up with them. I have quite a few in my tank and they are harmless.

The "horns" are at the head and it definitely has legs and walks like a crab. The more I look up teardrop crabs, the more I think that's what it is.

No, it doesn't look like anything on there. It's definitely not a snail. It has legs and moves like a crab. It even has tiny little pincers like a crab. It's the strangest thing I've seen. I think it may be some kind of teardrop crab but I'm not sure. Maybe it's a juvenile.

Definitely not a stomatella. It's a crab of some sort. Looks kind of like a little potato bug. I've never seen one before. Kinda looks like a tiny arrow crab but I know that's not it. It's about as big as a small thumb tack.

Anyone have any idea what this is?

I have two 55's One for South American/Community One for African Cichlids (Tang)

Nope, they just lay their eggs in it.

Well, I went looking for it the other day and noticed that his coloration was a little off and he was just sitting there on the bottom. Sad to say but the little guy is no longer with us.

I just purchased one of these for my tank. Anyone have any experience with these? I've had other plecos in the past but with the coloration on the new one, I couldn't pass it up. I've been told that they were less hardy than commons but haven't found anything definitive.

Here's the tank in it's current form.

The tank now has a yellow comp, a brachardi and a rhino pleco for the time being.

Yeah, that auratus wouldn't leave the other two alone. He was the first to go. I got all these with the tank.

Cool. Thanks for your help. I already got rid of the male auratus that was keeping everything pinned up in the corners of the tank. Guess I'll have to find homes for these ones, too.

Here's a better pic.

Yeah. I thought it looked like a zebra morph but i', not quite sure.