Bone/Shell Yard

[earlybird]

What's the deal with all my empty shells ending up in one spot behind my rocks? They used to contain hermits which I can't seem to keep for some reason but I still have my snails and shrimp? Is it my peppermint piling them up after feasting on them?

 

[huskychasrs]

Yeah, I've got the graveyard thing going on too!

 

[1journeyman]

Mantis?

 

[phoenixofthepyre]

Sounds like a mantis. Do you hear clicks?

 

[petjunkie]

Is it in one spot because there is a graveyard like such under my CB shrimp's cave and my theory was hermits would go under there, find a new shell and get eaten while trying to change shells. Can't say I've even see a peppermint eat hermits, mine tried to eat nass. snails mostly.

 

[michaeltx]

might be where you curent is pulling empty shells since they are lighter. Thats what was happing with me the hermiots would kill a snail and the empty shell would walk the tank till it got back to the little graveyard and they stay there with the rest of them.
mike

 

[crossan]

I caught my pepperment shrimp eating my scarlet hermit crab today!!!

 

[earlybird]

I don't think I have a mantis. No clicks and my snails and shrimp are still alive. Not sure if the current is dragging them back there or if that's where the hermits were exchanging shells. Crossan, I don't know what the deal is with my peppermint. At first he was very scared and my cleaner put him in his place. That was 2 months ago, now my peppermint rules the tank. I have seen him eating my hermits and 8 went MIA. I suspect the peppermint and have since been feeding it every other day.

 

[crossan]

Originally Posted by earlybird
I don't think I have a mantis. No clicks and my snails and shrimp are still alive. Not sure if the current is dragging them back there or if that's where the hermits were exchanging shells. Crossan, I don't know what the deal is with my peppermint. At first he was very scared and my cleaner put him in his place. That was 2 months ago, now my peppermint rules the tank. I have seen him eating my hermits and 8 went MIA. I suspect the peppermint and have since been feeding it every other day.
Mine were pretty shy too, but not anymore! They chase my hand around, I have 5!!! I use to have 20 hermits, I have only 10 now. So sad...

 

[it's_fishy]

I had peppermints that would actually eat out of my hand and clean my fingernails, lol............that is, unless i introduced a green brittle star to the tank. He's a death machine for ground dwellers.

 

[it's_fishy]

until i meant, not unless