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Last week I put a molly miller blenny and pair of emerald crabs in a nano that had a black widow.

Next morning I wile up to find the black widow dead (and not rotting as it was perfectly healthy the day before).

Any i2deas? At first I thought it's the emerald crabs but now also thinking it could be the blenny given some ppl get it for aiptasia control.

Any thoughts pls?
 

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I put a molly miller in my tank, and it went for my rock flowers. It took me a few weeks to figure it out, until I saw it blatantly eating my $150 prize RFA. I took my tank apart right away to get that fish out.

Terrible behavior, so I wouldn't put it past eating your black widow...... not to mention that its a very ugly fish.
 
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I put a molly miller in my tank, and it went for my rock flowers. It took me a few weeks to figure it out, until I saw it blatantly eating my $150 prize RFA. I took my tank apart right away to get that fish out.

Terrible behavior, so I wouldn't put it past eating your black widow...... not to mention that its a very ugly fish.
Oh my ...so it is that stupid blenny. I will get rid of it I have lot of black widow nems in all three tanks.

I am also afraid of the crabs, think I should return them?
 

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I've caught my crabs eating corals at different times. But I don't know if they eat anemones, I've never seen it but I rarely ever kept crabs and anemones. Crabs are just bad IMO so I don't put them in my tanks anymore, only the critter tank.
 
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I've caught my crabs eating corals at different times. But I don't know if they eat anemones, I've never seen it but I rarely ever kept crabs and anemones. Crabs are just bad IMO so I don't put them in my tanks anymore, only the critter tank.
Strange thing I had emeralds before with my black widows, nothing ever happened
 

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