Losing My Hermits

[Mort]

Anyone know of compatability issues with scarlet reef hermits and emerald
crabs.

I've lost about 3 or 4 S.R. Hermits in the last week and I am finding the
emerald crabs are always munching on the remains. I'm not saying the
emeralds are guilty simply because they were eating the "evidence" but I
cant figure out why they are dieing.

I also have some blue leg hermits which are much smaller and I dont appear
to be losing any of them. Do I need to feed these guys something?

My tests kits are not complete but I have the following readings...

Ammonia 0
No2 0
No3 5-10
pH 8.2
Calcium 420
dKH 7
salinity 1.023
temp 82-83

My tank is a 75gal and has been up for a little over a month. I have yet to
do my first water change even...

Any ideas?

~Mort

[Marc Levenson]

Any chance these are molts and your scarlets are fine?

Marc


Mort wrote:

> Anyone know of compatability issues with scarlet reef hermits and emerald
> crabs.
>
> I've lost about 3 or 4 S.R. Hermits in the last week and I am finding the
> emerald crabs are always munching on the remains. I'm not saying the
> emeralds are guilty simply because they were eating the "evidence" but I
> cant figure out why they are dieing.
>
> I also have some blue leg hermits which are much smaller and I dont appear
> to be losing any of them. Do I need to feed these guys something?
>
> My tests kits are not complete but I have the following readings...
>
> Ammonia 0
> No2 0
> No3 5-10
> pH 8.2
> Calcium 420
> dKH 7
> salinity 1.023
> temp 82-83
>
> My tank is a 75gal and has been up for a little over a month. I have yet to
> do my first water change even...
>
> Any ideas?
>
> ~Mort

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[Dragon Slayer]

IME the SR hermits tend to not like living in a newly established tank.
they arent as "tough" as the blue legged when it comes to the changes as the
tank "breaks in".

and as Marc suggested they may be molts.

kc

"Mort" > wrote in message
.com...
> Anyone know of compatability issues with scarlet reef hermits and emerald
> crabs.
>
> I've lost about 3 or 4 S.R. Hermits in the last week and I am finding the
> emerald crabs are always munching on the remains. I'm not saying the
> emeralds are guilty simply because they were eating the "evidence" but I
> cant figure out why they are dieing.
>
> I also have some blue leg hermits which are much smaller and I dont appear
> to be losing any of them. Do I need to feed these guys something?
>
> My tests kits are not complete but I have the following readings...
>
> Ammonia 0
> No2 0
> No3 5-10
> pH 8.2
> Calcium 420
> dKH 7
> salinity 1.023
> temp 82-83
>
> My tank is a 75gal and has been up for a little over a month. I have yet
to
> do my first water change even...
>
> Any ideas?
>
> ~Mort
>
>
>

[Mort]

"Dragon Slayer" > wrote in message
...
> IME the SR hermits tend to not like living in a newly established tank.
> they arent as "tough" as the blue legged when it comes to the changes as
the
> tank "breaks in".
>
> and as Marc suggested they may be molts.
>
> kc


Nah, I dont think these are molts. You can clearly see the "meat" in the
legs and other fragments. Also, are the molts edible?

~Mort

[Marc Levenson]

Yep, the molts are often consumed, leaving very little left in your tank as
'trash'.

Marc


Mort wrote:

> Nah, I dont think these are molts. You can clearly see the "meat" in the
> legs and other fragments. Also, are the molts edible?
>
> ~Mort

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[Mort]

I found a good chunk and just took a pic.

Refer to post in ABA =)

~Mort


"Marc Levenson" > wrote in message
...
> Yep, the molts are often consumed, leaving very little left in your tank
as
> 'trash'.
>
> Marc
>
>
> Mort wrote:
>
> > Nah, I dont think these are molts. You can clearly see the "meat" in
the
> > legs and other fragments. Also, are the molts edible?
> >
> > ~Mort
>
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>
>

[Luca Brazi]

"Mort" > wrote in message >...
> I found a good chunk and just took a pic.
>
> Refer to post in ABA =)
>
> ~Mort
>
>
> "Marc Levenson" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Yep, the molts are often consumed, leaving very little left in your tank
> as
> > 'trash'.
> >
> > Marc
> >
> >
> > Mort wrote:
> >
> > > Nah, I dont think these are molts. You can clearly see the "meat" in
> the
> > > legs and other fragments. Also, are the molts edible?
> > >
> > > ~Mort
> >
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> > Business Page: http://www.sparklingfloorservice.com
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> >
> >

If it's a new tank and you don't have some empty shells for them to
grow into, you could be seeing the result of fighting for rights to a
nice new home.