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03-16-2007, 12:16 PM
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| | Plankton
Join Date: Jan 2006
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 |  Lost Clown Tang :(
I can't believe it the other day my fiance screams for me as she was leaving for work. So i jumped out of bed and ran into the room where our fish tank is and she was frantically yelling "there is a hermit crab latched onto the clown tangs tail!" The poor clown tang was on the bottom of the tank swimming around very stressed and couldn't get the hermit off of itself. We scooped up the clown and picked off the hermit. I guess the stress was to much for it and it died the next day  So sad cause it was doing so well. We had it for almost 5 or 6 months and it was very healthy and eating lots. So here is a question. I had problems with hermit crabs killing my snails and now they're latching onto fish somehow! Do I really need them?
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120g w/ 30g sump... 60lbs Live Rock 40lbs of Base Rock. Berlin skimmer, Ice Cap 660 w/ 2 actinic & 2 white VHO's..
Fish:
foxface Rabbitfish, green chromis, neon dottyback, pair of blue throat triggers, blue tang
Coral:
Frog Spawn, Finger Leather, Green Star Polyps, toadstool | 
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03-16-2007, 12:51 PM
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| | Stylophora
Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Montreal, QC,Quebec Age: 29
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I got rid of them cause i was tired of them walking all over corals and knocking stuff over. If you replace them with the necessary scavengers it should be fine.
Sorry about your loss but i've never herd of hermits attacking fish, maybe the fish was dying and the hermit just wanted lunch... What kind of hermit was it?
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20Gal, 45 lbs LR, 65W PC 10 000K + 65W PC 20 000K + 10Gal sump/fuge
Livestock :hermit and snails, Green star polyps, Button polyps, Finger leather, Xenia, Zoanthids, Mushrooms, Yellow polyps, montipora digitata, acropora, ?mistery polyps?, mistery crab, six line wrasse | |
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03-16-2007, 12:59 PM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Meriden, Connecticut Age: 43
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The hermit crab would only go after the fish if it were sick or dying and not strong enough to fend for itself! Hermits will go after snails for a bigger home but aren't aggressive in that way to attack a fish and kill it! For the most, most hermits are herbivores or opportunistic feeders on dead and decaying matter!
IMO, I would keep the hermits as they very beneficial and their pros far outweigh the cons! _________ 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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03-16-2007, 01:31 PM
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| | Gigas Clam
Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Miami,Florida Age: 20
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I agree with CR, hermits will only be able to atack when fish are weak. Maybe for some weird reason the clown tang wass stressed out, and not 100%. _________ *Since 12/2002 40 gal. 85 lbs live rock. 3" fiji Live sand.wet dry filter and prizm protein skimmer. 192 power compacts
*Since 10/2006 125 gal. Built in Overflows x2, 3" LS(165 lb fiji pink) 175 lb of LR, 2x 36" aquatinics T5 HO fixtures(10x39W bulbs 2 gliesman aquablue+1 gliesman actinic+2 ATI aquablue special), mag 18 return pump, PM R30fuge. AquaC EV 180 skimmer.
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03-16-2007, 02:52 PM
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| | 3reef Moderator
Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Wethersfield, CT Age: 38
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What kind of hermit are we talking about? If your only hermits are blue leg, scarlett or some other small species then, most likely, the fish was dying and they were just being opportunistic. | |
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03-16-2007, 06:28 PM
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| | Torch Coral
Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: St. Paul/Woodbury, Minnesota Age: 50
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I use nassarius and Super Tongan Nassarius snails along with Cleaner and Fire Shrimp as my scavengers. The Nassarius snails are great scavengers and come out at night and when they smell food. I also keep a couple of dwarf scarlet red hermits but could do without them because the shrimp and snails do very well. _________ 75g reef with Nova Extreme 8 bulb HO T-5 lighting, refuge, Remora skimmer, DSB, Seio powerheads, Acro's, LPS corals, assorted zoo's & mushrooms, Yellow Tang, Maroon Clown, Blue Cleaner Goby , Cleaner, Fire and Sexy Shrimp, Coco Worm, T.Crocea Clam, Derasa Clam
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