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Old 04-13-2011, 04:34 PM
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this is too bad i found my cleaner shirmp and hermit crabs are dead. i dont know why. but i regularly water change evry 2 weeks, salanity are ok, calcium and amonia are ok too. any advice? appreciate it

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Old 04-13-2011, 04:37 PM
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nitrite,nitrate,phosphate? also how old is the tank, whats the temp? is the tank used if so was it ever dosed with copper?
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Old 04-13-2011, 04:40 PM
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Sure they are not molts?
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Old 04-13-2011, 06:42 PM
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nitrate and phosphate are good!!! my (30g) tank is 1yr old, temp is 78'F. 5 hermits are dead and i found out too they are getting out of the shell.....

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nitrite,nitrate,phosphate? also how old is the tank, whats the temp? is the tank used if so was it ever dosed with copper?

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do you have a bunch of extra shells in there?
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Old 04-13-2011, 08:06 PM
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every time i think one of my crabs or shrimp has bit the dust, I find it soon after. Molts can look surprisingly like dead bodies.
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Old 04-13-2011, 08:08 PM
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yes i have a lots of shell...

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Old 04-13-2011, 08:14 PM
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i'm pretty sure they are not molts...

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i thought that with my sally lightfoot then 2 days later there he goes climbin out of the rock work
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it happen again 3weeks ago i purchase 3 hermit crab after a few weeks all crabs are gone...

any idea to save my crabs!!

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