Blacktone Posted December 25, 2006 Share Posted December 25, 2006 Ok, so here's my stock 29 gallon tank 3lbs of live rock to seed 40lbs of fiji rock 3 inch deep sand bed 5-10 misc hermit crabs 1 Feather Duster Worm 1 Green Feather Duster Worm 1 Peppermint shrimp 1 Skunk Cleaner Shrimp 1 Red Brittle Starfish (Cool looking when he comes out at night) 4-6 Nas Snails Heres the deal, I'm either finding hermit crab corpses or they are molting I'm not sure which. never noticed it but one of my nas snails surfaced and had the center of his spiral broken open but he still seems fine. I had extra hermit crab shells but some have gotten buried, I'm thinking they are either battling each other for shells or something is half eating them. I've noticed some hermits might be missing and I just don't see the nas snails as often as when I first got them. Started the tank last month. Tank perimeters seem fine, maybe my test kit is kinda old maybe I should get a new one and a refractometer for the salt levels.. Link to comment
clifford513 Posted December 25, 2006 Share Posted December 25, 2006 It's not unusual to lose some of your cuc when first added. IME, a few hermits come out on top and the rest die. I started out with about 20 and now have 4. Same with the snails. I have 4 cerith and 3 nass. Red brittle sounds cool! Link to comment
akaMonkey Posted December 25, 2006 Share Posted December 25, 2006 Broken shells sounds like a mantis shrimp to me. I'm not aware of anything else that can break shells like that. Anyone? Link to comment
clifford513 Posted December 26, 2006 Share Posted December 26, 2006 Broken shells sounds like a mantis shrimp to me. I'm not aware of anything else that can break shells like that. Anyone? He didn't mention broken shells from the hermits. One snail with a cracked shell could be from moving rocks around. I think there would be more broken shells than one if he had a mantis. Just my .02 Link to comment
mandarin dragonet Posted December 26, 2006 Share Posted December 26, 2006 youll know if you have a mantis at night, you would hear it hitting rocks ect trying to move them around. Link to comment
Blacktone Posted December 26, 2006 Author Share Posted December 26, 2006 yeah it was just the one nas snail. just the hermits that have been found rolling around in the sand dead. but the shells disappear also I haven't seen any broken hermit shells, I hear an occasional tap but I think it's my HOB filter. Link to comment
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