My crabs are eating my Turbos - Page 2

thirty5 · 08-28-2007, 02:01 PM

Ok,
Thanks for the info guys. My tank is like 8 months now. Is there anything that i can do to increase the nutrients for the snails. Or is it a good thing that i dont have enough for them to eat??

House of Laughter · 08-28-2007, 02:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Chiefmcfuz


	It's survival of the fittest. Keep that in mind. Anyone with hermits has turbo casualties.

This sums it up - either don't keep them together or accept the losses.. I just accept the losses cause pods love to live in the empty shells as well.

House

thirty5 · 08-28-2007, 02:15 PM

I will accept the losses. No big deal, i was just curious if this was normal. Someone said that there might be plenty of algae. I actually have NONE that is visible. Other than coraline. No green algea at all. And when tehre is a tiny amount on the glass it is gobbled up by the snails..

emps · 08-28-2007, 02:22 PM

Learned with the nano, no hermits in the 55g. The empty shells all over the place irk me.

meschaefer · 08-28-2007, 03:01 PM

Generally, I have a no crab policy. I have a few scarlets that I have had for years, but I do not replace them anymore.

kenske · 08-28-2007, 08:31 PM

Mee Too. No hermits in my tank. All they do is kill my snails and knock things over. Useless, IMO. There are many other scavengers to choose from.

kenske · 08-28-2007, 08:32 PM

oh i almost forgot...

they also trample over my corals causing them to close. I really hate hermits.

crox99 · 08-28-2007, 08:34 PM

My hermit killed a queen conch!!!!

marki24 · 08-28-2007, 08:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chiefmcfuz


	It's survival of the fittest. Keep that in mind. Anyone with hermits has turbo casualties.

I can argue against that. If you have enough shells you will not have that problem.

thirty5 i notice that you are far from me but if you ever in brooklyn and need shells LMK i have plenty.

Chiefmcfuz · 08-28-2007, 09:07 PM

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Originally Posted by marki24


	I can argue against that.

You would.

08-28-2007, 02:01 PM	#11
thirty5 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Bergen County, NJ Posts: 704 Reefer Ratings: (0) Friends: (0)	Ok, Thanks for the info guys. My tank is like 8 months now. Is there anything that i can do to increase the nutrients for the snails. Or is it a good thing that i dont have enough for them to eat?? __________________ 175 Bow with alot of rocks and live stuff. &^#&%$(&@(&#&@ @&^#@&^@^ this was a test of the emergency broadcast system. If this were an actual emergency then the crap that you just read would have been followed by offical news or instructions. This was only a test.

08-28-2007, 02:15 PM	#13
thirty5 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Bergen County, NJ Posts: 704 Reefer Ratings: (0) Friends: (0)	I will accept the losses. No big deal, i was just curious if this was normal. Someone said that there might be plenty of algae. I actually have NONE that is visible. Other than coraline. No green algea at all. And when tehre is a tiny amount on the glass it is gobbled up by the snails.. __________________ 175 Bow with alot of rocks and live stuff. &^#&%$(&@(&#&@ @&^#@&^@^ this was a test of the emergency broadcast system. If this were an actual emergency then the crap that you just read would have been followed by offical news or instructions. This was only a test.

08-28-2007, 03:01 PM	#15
meschaefer One to Ignore Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Astoria Posts: 2,398 Reefer Ratings: (14) Friends: (2)	Generally, I have a no crab policy. I have a few scarlets that I have had for years, but I do not replace them anymore. __________________ Matt When you pay too much, you lose a little money, that's all When you pay too little, you sometimes lose everything, because the thing you bought was incapable of doing the thing it was bought to do. John Ruskin (1819-1900)

08-28-2007, 08:34 PM	#18
crox99 Audi Sport Join Date: May 2005 Location: Brooklyn, Marine Park Posts: 5,206 Reefer Ratings: (49) Friends: (6)	My hermit killed a queen conch!!!! __________________ Veni, Vidi, Vinci

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08-28-2007, 02:22 PM	#14
emps Junior Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Clifton, NJ Posts: 302 Reefer Ratings: (8) Friends: (0)	Learned with the nano, no hermits in the 55g. The empty shells all over the place irk me.

08-28-2007, 08:31 PM	#16
kenske Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Queens Posts: 282 Reefer Ratings: (20) Friends: (1)	Mee Too. No hermits in my tank. All they do is kill my snails and knock things over. Useless, IMO. There are many other scavengers to choose from.

08-28-2007, 08:32 PM	#17
kenske Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Queens Posts: 282 Reefer Ratings: (20) Friends: (1)	oh i almost forgot... they also trample over my corals causing them to close. I really hate hermits.