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Something is killing my snails. Found two dead. Saw hermit messing around with one of the shells. Added a cleaner shrimp last week. I think two of my hermits might need larger shells. Would they go after the snails for the shell?

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My snails many act as in between meal snack. Unfortunately we create these ecosystems and part of it is the circle of life. I swear the most costly part of this hobby is cleaning crews
 

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My hermits have only bothered really weak or dying snails. But I make sure they get food/pellets dropped to the bottom for them to eat.

I also like to keep extra shells in the tank. My hermits seem to like the cone shaped shells of cerith and nassarius better than astrea and trochus.
 
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My hermits have only bothered really weak or dying snails. But I make sure they get food/pellets dropped to the bottom for them to eat.

I also like to keep extra shells in the tank. My hermits seem to like the cone shaped shells of cerith and nassarius better than astrea and trochus.
I put in some shells Trochus and Astrea and they don't go near them. Time to get some cerith or nssarius shells.
 

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