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06-24-2007, 07:55 AM
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 lost 2 hermit crabs. I don't know their name, but they had red and orange striped legs. VERY cool looking. I'm not sure what happened, but one disappeared and has been MIA for 1 week, no shell or ANYTHING! The other abandoned his shell last night and I found him on the aquarium floor this morning with the snails picking at him =( They were kind of expensive at $12 a peice. I'm wondering what the heck happened. I was told they are cool scavenging along the bottom and that they did not need to be fed directly. The shells they were in were probably 2-3" long. They were easily 1-1.5" themselves. Any ideas?  |
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06-24-2007, 10:54 AM
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| Re: lost 2 hermit crabs. um cheack ur calcuim in the tank. |
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06-24-2007, 11:28 AM
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| Re: lost 2 hermit crabs. What are you water parameters ? (please post them, Ammonia, Nitrates, Nitrites, Phosphates) Is this a new/newer tank ? |
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06-24-2007, 12:30 PM
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| Re: lost 2 hermit crabs. I have level 0 for all measurements. this tank has been up and running for 3 months now. |
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06-24-2007, 06:10 PM
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| Re: lost 2 hermit crabs. well i guess maybe they were not introduce correctly. |
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06-24-2007, 09:43 PM
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| Re: lost 2 hermit crabs. Ok....So I feel kind of foolish now because I just got home and THERE'S A HERMIT CRAB DOING HIS THING! I think maybe they molted? The shell was empty yesterday and now he's back inside and there are two corpse like looking shells on the sand. Going to post a pic and tell me what you all think...molting or corpse? |
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06-24-2007, 09:46 PM
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| Re: lost 2 hermit crabs. well, if it is back in its shell, it molted....
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06-24-2007, 10:03 PM
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| Re: lost 2 hermit crabs. hopefully this link works? |
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