I just purchased 2 from petco cause I seen them eating bubble algae. One only had 1 claw but it was the last 2 they had so I got em. 1 week later I find the one armed emerald dead in the rockwork. Chalked it up to maybe he wasnt in good health. Now 3 weeks after that I cant find the other one. Both of them were eating well. I feed like crazy. Is there some sort of predator that snuck in on my live rock or something ? What am I missing here? Parameters are: Alk-9.0
Calcium-483
Magnesium-1350
Nitrate-12
Phosphate- 0.04
PH- 8.1
Trace Elements I use the red sea kit and just dose once a week by hand. Iron is the only one that's always near 0 when i test. It's just such a pain in the butt to test and I dont wanna just guess dose it incase i do too much. I know I've been slacking on my trace but I'm getting the whole red sea kit dosers,colored lines and really pinning my trace elements down next weekend.
On a side note- after these two mysteriously died, I remembered the first emerald crab I had in the 75 2years ago also died after living for 1month. Sorry no pictures or video
Calcium-483
Magnesium-1350
Nitrate-12
Phosphate- 0.04
PH- 8.1
Trace Elements I use the red sea kit and just dose once a week by hand. Iron is the only one that's always near 0 when i test. It's just such a pain in the butt to test and I dont wanna just guess dose it incase i do too much. I know I've been slacking on my trace but I'm getting the whole red sea kit dosers,colored lines and really pinning my trace elements down next weekend.
On a side note- after these two mysteriously died, I remembered the first emerald crab I had in the 75 2years ago also died after living for 1month. Sorry no pictures or video