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I usually see the opposite question where the hermits and snails are eating fish, but in my case I've noticed that I have awful success rates with keeping hermits and snails in my tanks, and recently noticed snails and hermits being pecked at by my clownfish pair. For example, I bought 5 scarlet hermit crabs about 1-2 years ago but only have one that survived.
More context: Tank size is 15 gal, tank has been running steadily for around 5 years, clownfish pair (lay eggs regularly) that get super territorial during spawning period. Water params seem good, I have relatively easier to keep corals but they're all happy (acans, birdsnest, monticaps, zoas, etc.). I haven't actually seen the clownfish outright kill a snail or hermit but if they happen to walk near the clownfish eggs they get attacked and in some cases the shell openings will get exposed. Is it possible that the clownfish are responsible for the hermit/snail deaths in my tank? If not, any other reasons they would be dying in a well established tank?
More context: Tank size is 15 gal, tank has been running steadily for around 5 years, clownfish pair (lay eggs regularly) that get super territorial during spawning period. Water params seem good, I have relatively easier to keep corals but they're all happy (acans, birdsnest, monticaps, zoas, etc.). I haven't actually seen the clownfish outright kill a snail or hermit but if they happen to walk near the clownfish eggs they get attacked and in some cases the shell openings will get exposed. Is it possible that the clownfish are responsible for the hermit/snail deaths in my tank? If not, any other reasons they would be dying in a well established tank?