saveourship

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I added my clean up crew of 8 red leg hermits, 2 emerald crabs and 1 cleaner shrimp to my BC 14. Since I have not added fish or corals yet, do I need to feed them any seaweed or will what's on the LR be ok for them to feed ?

Also, I noticed before leaving for work today, one hermit is out of his shell and dead. Since I just added this past monday, is that a bad indicator ? or did he lose the battle for his shell ? My water tests read the same as they did on Sunday night and Monday morning.

Thanks!
 

basiab

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How old is the tank. Do they have what to eat in there. If not then you have to feed them.
Losing one may just be a matter of chance. If you lose more than you may have a water quality problem. Two crabs seems a lot to me in that small a tank. But I don't have any including hermits because I think they cause more problems than they are worth. They are interesting to watch. Good luck.
 

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