hakuna
New Member
Hiya,
My arrow crab has been in my tank for exactly one week. I just looked in and he had just sort of collapsed over and died. ARGGGH! He was fine the whole week. Got adjusted pretty quick and was traipsing around the tank. I was worried that he wasn't feeding enough (didn't like Formula Two), so I put in a table shrimp strapped to a rock and he ate on that overnight the night before last. Seemed pretty happy about it too. I took the remains of the shrimp out yesterday morning. Today I came home from work and he was alive on top of the rock where he hangs out. I came back after a couple of hours and he was dead.
I took a good look at the body and can see nothing at all that looks suspicious other than he was missing the "thumb" off one of his claws. Could have happened when I pulled him out of the rock, but I'm not sure.
All my hermits are fine, the emerald crab is fine, the peppermint shrimp just came out to feed. I checked the parameters just now and Ammonia and Nitrite are zero. Nitrate is pretty much zero as well.
I have a 90 gal tank setup with a 30 gal sump, GAC and GFO reactors, Reef Octopus Skimmer, JBJ 1/4h chiller and a Vortech MP40.
Any ideas? I'm a new reefer and this tank is newly setup, but the rock is fully cycled (cycled it for 4 months actually, watched the cycle happen, and I know it's done....).
Are arrow crabs particularly sensitive to anything? Could it be stress from the move a week ago? Did he need to eat a bunch more?
I'm sad to lose my first animal and I'm worried about the rest....
Thanks in advance for any suggestions!
Gary
My arrow crab has been in my tank for exactly one week. I just looked in and he had just sort of collapsed over and died. ARGGGH! He was fine the whole week. Got adjusted pretty quick and was traipsing around the tank. I was worried that he wasn't feeding enough (didn't like Formula Two), so I put in a table shrimp strapped to a rock and he ate on that overnight the night before last. Seemed pretty happy about it too. I took the remains of the shrimp out yesterday morning. Today I came home from work and he was alive on top of the rock where he hangs out. I came back after a couple of hours and he was dead.
I took a good look at the body and can see nothing at all that looks suspicious other than he was missing the "thumb" off one of his claws. Could have happened when I pulled him out of the rock, but I'm not sure.
All my hermits are fine, the emerald crab is fine, the peppermint shrimp just came out to feed. I checked the parameters just now and Ammonia and Nitrite are zero. Nitrate is pretty much zero as well.
I have a 90 gal tank setup with a 30 gal sump, GAC and GFO reactors, Reef Octopus Skimmer, JBJ 1/4h chiller and a Vortech MP40.
Any ideas? I'm a new reefer and this tank is newly setup, but the rock is fully cycled (cycled it for 4 months actually, watched the cycle happen, and I know it's done....).
Are arrow crabs particularly sensitive to anything? Could it be stress from the move a week ago? Did he need to eat a bunch more?
I'm sad to lose my first animal and I'm worried about the rest....
Thanks in advance for any suggestions!
Gary
