New tank has first casualty

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jaiden

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I picked up a small cleaner crew to slow down the hair algae growth on my 1mo old system. it was fully cycled and I did a drip acclimation

After I put everything in the tank, I noticed that there was a hermit with no shell. I'm not sure where he came from, since there weren't any empty shells big enough for him

today I found a few disembodied legs on the substrate.

What could have happened to him? There are a couple of other small hermits and an emerald mithrax. I don't think a snail beat him up!

Any ideas?
 
Yeah, a molt was the first thing that came to mind for me too. A molt looks very much like a shell-less hermit. The disembodied legs are probably from your cleanup crew cleaning up the mess.
 
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