Strange Crab Deaths.. what am I missing?

Ahhh...ammonia - at 4 months your bio-filter may not be developed enough to handle the load you are putting on it. You may want to keep checking ammonia level regularly and not adding any more fish until it has been gone completely for a while.

Good Luck

OmarD

 

nah, definitely wasnt a molt.. I pulled it out and checked..



Nothing wrong with it except a few missing legs which I suspect were the cause of the other crabs.. it smelled too :-/

come to think of it.. i dont think I have ever seen a molt for any of my crabs.. my strawberry hawaiin has been in there since the beginning and he is still going strong. my peppermint has molted 3 times that I know of.

Omar, this water test was on my water change day so it could have been a little high due to that.. usually everything is perfect.

 

What on earth is this....:-/

 

I see images in there...I couldnt tell ya

So you say the crabs are dead without the shell? Have you found the shells? Its possible they molted and something killed them when they were vulnerable?
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BTW otty, you'll have to let me know when the tank is stable! I'm about 30min from the IN border We can have a lil frag swap, and I would love to see your tank!

 

my bad.. these forums always do that for some reason if you go to preview mode before actually posting.
pics are fixed.. nothing interesting, just a dead emerald

 

the hermits are dead without the shells they usually carry.. the emerald was fine, except for being dead haha

I didnt think hermits would allow themselves to be THAT vulnerable.. usually they walk up to the shell they want and get into it, not get out of theirs and walk around the tank looking for a new one.

 

I havent the slightest then...I'd try the rid-volt or similar :/ hth

 

There wasnt a 'hole' in the shell anywhere was there?

 

nope

 

We'll do just PM me and we can go over details then.

Mario...
You check for stray voltage yet in the tank?????:-/
You will probably have it if you are running powerheads.