my sallylightfooted crab died!

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  1. Sadie

    Sadie Coral Banded Shrimp

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    I added it last week, along with a cleaner shrimp, and 5 little turbo snails. :cry:

    He was sooo cool and awesome. My daycare kids loved him. We named him Spiderman.

    I fed the tank some shrimp pellets that sink on Sat and some frozen mysis shrimp (obviously thawed) on tues.

    Yesterday my readings were:
    PH: 8.2
    Temp:78
    salinity: 1.025 (refractometer)
    nitrite: 0
    nitrate: 0-1ppm (comming down from 2)
    amonia: 0
    calcium: 400

    I have a bag of purigen and a bag of PhosBan in the back of my tank. (5 year old NanoCube)

    Any ideas why he might have died? Should I have fed him more maybe? I got him to clean up the little bit of fuzz on my rocks from a GHA outbreak. It is all gone now, not a speck left.
     
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  2. Corailline

    Corailline Super Moderator

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    It is a dry heat, yeah right !
    It is not a molt right?

    If your parameters are spot on, I would not worry too much about the cause, while very unfortunate, sometimes no direct cause can be identified.
     
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  3. Tbone

    Tbone Astrea Snail

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    +1 on the molt. I found my Sally Light Foot flipped upside down at the front of my tank one morning. Moved a rock to easily remove the remains and sure enough my little crabby came scuddling out. Check the body to see if it is solid and meaty or if it is just the exo skeleton.
     
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  4. trapstar991

    trapstar991 Feather Duster

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    i had the same thing happen dead sally lightfoot turned over on her back as if she was cleaning a rock and than croaked
    and is there such a thing as little turbo snails?haha
     
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  5. Sadie

    Sadie Coral Banded Shrimp

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    I should have known that!! I did look a little for him, because I did the same exact thing with my cleaner shrimp years ago. But I couldn't find him.

    I didn't know crabs molted.

    HE'S ALIVE!!!!!!:):cheesy::cheesy:

    I LOVE YOU GUYS!!!

    I would have been bumed out all day, not to mention I might have bought another one tonight.

    I was going to buy a fish tonight, but had second thoughts after I found him. Now I can buy a fish!!! Wohoo!!
     
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  6. jbraslins

    jbraslins Teardrop Maxima Clam

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    My cleaner shrimp molted this morning. I had the same reaction as you until i saw the doppelganger. :) Glad your crab is ok.
     
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  7. Sadie

    Sadie Coral Banded Shrimp

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    yea, me too. My day care kids are all excited too. Except one that already went to kindergarden, he doesn't know yet. He still thinks he's dead.

    I'll tell him when he gets here.:)
     
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  8. smoyer

    smoyer Spanish Shawl Nudibranch

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    yeah i didnt think you could kill those things
     
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