m0nk
Active Member
Ok I have a twelve gallon nano and some weird things the past couple days to ask questions on. I asked some of these questions on the new hobbyist board and got mixed answers, so I though the Nano board might be able to help more.
My water levels were good, ammonia at 0, nitrites at 0, nitrates below 5, and my cycling completed about 3 weeks ago (cycled for almost a month). Over that time I've done all the stuff, water changes, filter media changes, and slowly added 2 false perc clownfish, 2 blue legged hermits, 1 red legged hermit, and 2 nassarius snails. The other day the red legged hermit started looking like he was going to just out of his shell, and I have some empties in the tank so I thought he'd grab one of those. Yesterday morning I saw one of my snails stuck to the glass under the pump output and his shell was barely hanging on, sort of blowing in the wind so to speak. I picked him off the glass and he burrowed into the sand.
This morning, the reg-legged hermit is dead, still shell-less. The snail was shell-less as well but he's still alive. When I pick him out of the sand he burrows back in. Tested the water, ammonia is still at 0, nitrites at .05 and nitrates between 5 and 10. It's due for a water change so I did that, will test again later after it's all circulated for a while. Here are my questions:
Would a hermit crab die from 2 days without a shell?
Will the snail die without a shell?
Could that death be responsible for the change in the water parameters?
Should I worry about my clowns and/or other inverts?
Also, I was hoping to add a cleaner shrimp in the next week or two, is there anything I should take into consideration before doing this or should I wait longer?
Thanks!!
My water levels were good, ammonia at 0, nitrites at 0, nitrates below 5, and my cycling completed about 3 weeks ago (cycled for almost a month). Over that time I've done all the stuff, water changes, filter media changes, and slowly added 2 false perc clownfish, 2 blue legged hermits, 1 red legged hermit, and 2 nassarius snails. The other day the red legged hermit started looking like he was going to just out of his shell, and I have some empties in the tank so I thought he'd grab one of those. Yesterday morning I saw one of my snails stuck to the glass under the pump output and his shell was barely hanging on, sort of blowing in the wind so to speak. I picked him off the glass and he burrowed into the sand.
This morning, the reg-legged hermit is dead, still shell-less. The snail was shell-less as well but he's still alive. When I pick him out of the sand he burrows back in. Tested the water, ammonia is still at 0, nitrites at .05 and nitrates between 5 and 10. It's due for a water change so I did that, will test again later after it's all circulated for a while. Here are my questions:
Would a hermit crab die from 2 days without a shell?
Will the snail die without a shell?
Could that death be responsible for the change in the water parameters?
Should I worry about my clowns and/or other inverts?
Also, I was hoping to add a cleaner shrimp in the next week or two, is there anything I should take into consideration before doing this or should I wait longer?
Thanks!!
