Crabs Killing Snails

bededog

Member
My red leg hermits are eating my Margarita Snails. The snails keep falling off of the glass and rocks. They always land upside down and the red legs start picking at them right away. Any ideas why this happens? Tanks has been up since September and all I have in it is one damsel and one goby besides the 50 pounds of live rock. I had a Florida Condi but it got sucked into the filter intake (a mistake I won't ever make again, mostly because I won't ever buy another anenome after reading this board).
One more thing. I bought 20 of each, crabs and snails, as part of a critter pack off of ----. I also got 2 emeralds and 2 peppermint shrimp. All four of them are doing well. I lost one crab so far. They have been in the tank for a week.
I bought 3 blue legs and 3 turbo snails over 2 months ago and they are all fine as well.
 

bededog

Member
Thanks. I did do a search on this board before I posted the question. My SG is 1.024 and I acclimated them over a 2 hour period. I believe I have red legs and not scarlets but I am not sure. They are quite a bit bigger than the three blue legs I have. I don't know. Should I get all of the snails out that are partially eaten (might be dead) so I don't get an ammonia spike or will the crabs clean the shells out?
 
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