I'm not going to say my zebra hermit is dead because I found a body because of my past experiences with molts lol if I don't see him soon I might call him dead.
Will clowns eat a hermit?
Caleb
As far as I know you don't have any fish that week eat a hermit. However, done hermits will kill each other for their shells, especially different species.
Thank you kind Sir's. I think this is probably the culprit if not a molt^^
On the bright side, one of the scarlet renovated a shell I put in there. Something special about seeing them in a shell you hand picked and found years ago without any intention of it being a home for a crab again.
Caleb
Came in to feed today and think I caught my murderer red handed! My Cerith snail was on top of one of my scarlet hermits almost like he was trying to pull him out of the shell!
Are they known to do this???
Caleb
^This^.It's an opportunistic feeder.
The main reason it's a part of your CUC..
It was probably doing it's job trying to mop up a dead or dying body.
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^This^.
Hermits are pest IMO but we do need to figure out why they are dying?
The snails, especially ceriths, will not kill any hermit. They week eat a dead one. Hermits on the other hand week kill a snail for food and a new home. Nothing to worry about with a small on a hermit. They are all very sensitive to fluctuations in salinity.
a lot of times you will get deaths with hermits they are caught in bulk and some just have harder times surviving as they are most likely almost smothered at the bottom , when I get bulk hermits I encounter a 3 to 1 death rate , thats why they always try to send more than you order to cover that , same thing with snails