hermit crabs

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  1. docholiday2285

    docholiday2285 Plankton

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    I had a yellow tail damsel just die on me. He was swimming around one min then the next I didnt see him I was looking around the tank and saw like 4 hermit crabs all over him eating him. Do hermit crabs normally attack fish?
     
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  2. steve wright

    steve wright Super Moderator

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    They are not normaly quick enough to catch fish to be honest - even when they sneak up during dark hours, the fish gets a chance to swim away

    My guess is something else killed the fish or it was dying and the hermits , being oportunist scavengers quickly found him and finished it off
     
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  3. salsalito25

    salsalito25 Stylophora

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    Not that i know of... they mainly are scavanger feeders.. Eating left over foods and well no longer livging fish on the botton of rock or sand beds...
     
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  4. Peredhil

    Peredhil Giant Squid

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    I think so too.
     
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