I have a 2 month old AIO 32G. Currently it is stocked with:
2 clowns
1 firefish
some zoanthids and other corals
various snails,
brittle stars
Corals and livestock are all thriving. About a month in I added a cleaner shrimp purchased from Petco. Same day I moved a large hermit crab from my established 75 G tank. both the shrimp and crab died after 2 days.
Last week I started getting diatoms so I purchased some snails and 2 blue leg hermits from LFS. The snails cleaned up all the algae within a week and are thriving. the 2 hermits are lying upside down in the sand after a week. their legs are moving occasionally so they are not dead yet, but it is not looking good as they have not moved around in a few days. few days ago I added another hermit from my other tank, it was crawling around the tank for 2 days and is now also lying in the sand.
my parameters:
Salinity: 1.025
Ammonia: 0
Nitrite: 0
Nitrate: 5
PH: 8.0-8.2
temp: 26C
using Reef Crystal Salt
using ATO to Top off
4 gallon water change/ week
no additives.
My 75G tank has 1.021 salinity and my LFS has 1.022 salinity
shrimps and crabs were drip acclimated for about an hour before going in the tank
What could be the reason shrimps/crabs are dying?
Update: 1 of the blue leg hermits "standing"(not upside down) now, but still not walking around. The other one ditched its shell and is hanging onto an Acan coral.
2 clowns
1 firefish
some zoanthids and other corals
various snails,
brittle stars
Corals and livestock are all thriving. About a month in I added a cleaner shrimp purchased from Petco. Same day I moved a large hermit crab from my established 75 G tank. both the shrimp and crab died after 2 days.
Last week I started getting diatoms so I purchased some snails and 2 blue leg hermits from LFS. The snails cleaned up all the algae within a week and are thriving. the 2 hermits are lying upside down in the sand after a week. their legs are moving occasionally so they are not dead yet, but it is not looking good as they have not moved around in a few days. few days ago I added another hermit from my other tank, it was crawling around the tank for 2 days and is now also lying in the sand.
my parameters:
Salinity: 1.025
Ammonia: 0
Nitrite: 0
Nitrate: 5
PH: 8.0-8.2
temp: 26C
using Reef Crystal Salt
using ATO to Top off
4 gallon water change/ week
no additives.
My 75G tank has 1.021 salinity and my LFS has 1.022 salinity
shrimps and crabs were drip acclimated for about an hour before going in the tank
What could be the reason shrimps/crabs are dying?
Update: 1 of the blue leg hermits "standing"(not upside down) now, but still not walking around. The other one ditched its shell and is hanging onto an Acan coral.
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