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03-15-2008, 06:52 AM
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| | Astrea Snail
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 |  poor hermit crab!
i woke this morning 2 find 1 of my blh crabs in bits eaten! tank 2 month old all peacefull tank mates 2 clowns, manderine and purple firefish, emraldcrab, what cud have happened? no shell near bits of crab? thanks | 
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03-15-2008, 06:58 AM
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| | Giant Squid
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Sorry for loss _________ 9YR OLD 90G 30G w/d Mag18 150G skimmer 692w MH,yel&kole tang,foxface,midas&convict blenny,B&G chromies,Blk/yel fin chromie blackcap,nemo,neon goby,6line; Blastomussa Merleti,Acan ,BUBBLE,Torch,LTA, Goniopora(2), Acropora(2),Brain, Moon, assort zoas, yel& G star polyps, R&G open brain, P&B ricordia, montiporas, cup&candy corals, enias,B/G mush,flower ane(2), cherry red mussa, dusters,cleaning crew  | 
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03-15-2008, 07:06 AM
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| | Giant Squid
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It may be in fact a case of your hermit crab molting(shedding/sloughing) it exoskeleton, and not being dead!!!!!!!Keep looking for it and also dose iodine to help inverts to shed. _________ 125gal.w/Mag9.5 return(dual megaflow)>Mag7 pump Aqua Cev180skimmer.Wave2k Hamilton Reefstar(2)250watthqi(mh)pend.a Yellow, Naso Tang Red Lip Blenny Percula Clown Demoiselles Niger Trigger F. Wrasses Ceriantharia Orn.Shrimp and Stars Hermits Queen Conch asst. snails> Stars Zoos shrooms Montipora Brains Gorgonians Favia Turbinaria(large+small polyp) Acropora Xenia Tridacna (CroceaMaximaSquamosa) Leathers <35+75gal.reef tank as well> 
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03-15-2008, 07:19 AM
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| | Giant Squid
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Sounds like molting to me also.. I have crab parts spread throughout my sand bed... | |
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03-15-2008, 08:16 AM
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| | Panda Puffer
Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Tatamy, PA Age: 15
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sounds like molting..... _________  | |
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03-15-2008, 10:12 AM
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| | Plankton
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Quote:
Originally Posted by bigrf33  i woke this morning 2 find 1 of my blh crabs in bits eaten! tank 2 month old all peacefull tank mates 2 clowns, manderine and purple firefish, emraldcrab, what cud have happened? no shell near bits of crab? thanks | You should not have a Mandarin in a tank that is only 2 months old. They need alot of Live Rock in a tank that has curred for about a year so that it has a large cope pod population. Thats what they eat. I don't know if anyone has let you know this so I am just letting you know. Mandarin fish are number 1 on the list of fish that die in saltwater aquariums. You can buy some Cope pods online and if you have a refugium you can add them to it with some macro algae and a light source and it will continue to feed the Mandarin. You can also get the large ones called Tiger Pods. They reproduce very fast. Thats what I add to my tank Just too keep the pods numbers up. Just thought I would let you know. You can get alot of info online about this. Also don't add any iodine to your tank unless you test your level first. Most salt mixes have enough Iodine in them and with proper water changes you should be fine. If you had a very large number of shrimp, crabs, etc then I would say that you may need to add some. But most likely your fine. But just test first before adding anything.
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03-16-2008, 02:02 AM
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| | Astrea Snail
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thanks 4 all the advice, was hoping 2 get manderine 2 start eating frozen brine shrimp, people hav told me that they eat that, true or false? thanks again 4 all advice, new 2 marines so very welcome. | |
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03-16-2008, 06:09 AM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Meriden, Connecticut Age: 43
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It may be possible to geta mandarin to feed on other food stuff or even switch from live foods all together, but they are specialized feeders and your mandarin may not have an easy time justifying and making the switch. | |
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03-16-2008, 06:31 AM
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| | Astrea Snail
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Have just found website that sells live copepods, so i will buy some 2 put in tank 2 breed and feed corals and manderine fish, hope that will b ok. any feedback? thanks | |
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