are my inverts eating enough?

torrid_07 · #1 05-31-2009, 05:04 PM

hi everyone, ive had a couple of my crabs die on me and it seems like my water is fine when i test it. is there a chance that there isnt enough food in there for them? and if there isnt, what can i throw in there to feed them?

msobon · #2 05-31-2009, 05:16 PM

what kind of crabs? dose any interceptor?

torrid_07 · #3 05-31-2009, 05:21 PM

they are blue legged crabs

Zoaelite · #4 05-31-2009, 06:36 PM

Blue Legged hermits are tanks, except when it comes to each other. I was cleaning out old shells at the LFS and I think I placed around 600 shells in a bucket of steaming hot water to clean them. After sitting there for 3 days I kept finding live blue legged hermits that survived the cleaning and that crawled to the top of the bucket. That being said, hermits will kill each other (and snails, and fish and anything they can really catch) and it happens fairly often. If you provide enough food and some free upgrade shells this should stop them from cannibalizing each other.
Levi

torrid_07 · #5 06-01-2009, 11:14 PM

ok so what should i be providing them food with? because almost all of the food i feed, my fish eat..... even if i overfeed!