paul anonymous
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i havent bought another invert in the last couple months. The last invert i bought was a sandshifting starfish. I didnt realized it until i had set him in my DT. I found out that one the tip of his "hands" were cut off. Assuming it was from the lack of care from the LFS i bought him from. Anyway, my sandshifting star is doing alot better. He is growing back what he had lost and starting to looking more like a regular starfish rather than a demented starfish. lol I've been trying to do some research on figuring out why in the past all my inverts had all died off slowly over time(within a month). i had about 4 or 5 emerald crabs, a horse shoe crab, red/blue/brown hermit crabs, and a few variety of snails in my 55g reef. Everything in my tank are looking really good and healthy(fish/corals). i just like to know for future reference because i am planning to buy more cleaner inverts real soon. Beside the starfish i have 4 turbo snails and coral band shrimp(currently) which i think i blame for killing my peppermint shrimp and cleaner shrimp after i had added him a few months ago. anyways my water condition is good to near perfect. i check my water condition from head to toe at least maybe once a week and the regular daily checkup. I dont know if anyone out there went through the same thing i went through where all inverts just died one by one within a month. I do understand inverts dont live long But the thing is i didnt have them in my DT for too long before i noticed them struggling and dying off. I noticed like my hermit crab at the time were always hiding in their shell and noticing that they seem like they were struggling to walk. its a good percentage that the shell they were in was getting to small but that cant be the cause for each one of them. I would hate to waste more money just for a month of invert. lol Any advice or warnings out there from anyone who had the same experienced with inverts i'd like to hear from you. And like i said my water perimeter were all tested and approved in ideal levels. im clueless what may had caused all of my janitors to retired so early without a two week noticed by me! lol
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