Of picky hermits and hungry snails

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So, I ordered a clean-up crew from Live Aquaria (nice job, fast shipping), 25 dwarf hermit crabs and 15 snails (nerite, cerith, and margarita), and they cleaned up my new 32 gallon cube in like 7-10 days.
(No fish in this tank.)

I ordered multiple iterations of shells, trying to find small ones for the hermit crabs. Kept getting way too big, but I finally found a place with tiny shells. Shout out to Naples Sea Shell Company, great assortment and really fast shipping.

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The dwarf hermit crabs, while very cool with their little feelers and blue legs, are really picky. I bought 31 shells, and a whopping two of the 25 moved. Really picky about where they live, I guess.

Since the snails cleaned up the tank, now I worry that they are hungry. So far I’ve tossed in fish flakes, dried seaweed, raw shrimp (not all at the same time). Is there anything else I should try?

(this is the tank a couple of weeks before the CUC moved in.)

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Thanks,

JJ
 

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