My Dottyback is eating my Hermit Crabs.

[Giblin7]

Is there anything that I can do to save them, besides taking the Dottyback out of the tank?

 

[Gti_Leo]

nope nto really. if you have a sump with a fuge you can put the dottyback i nthere for a while and then re introduce it to the system, but it might not stop. it all depends on the fish

 

[Giblin7]

It is a nice looking fish so I want to keep him in the main tank, I guess I will just have to learn to live with his eating habits.

 

[Gti_Leo]

are they smaller crabs?

 

[Giblin7]

Yes the crabs are small in size.

 

[Gti_Leo]

then that might be your issue, you can look into some electric blue legged hermit crabs (blue knuckle)

 

[johnmaloney]

Dottybacks are just a pretty mean fish for their size, they get territorial towards new fish additions too.

 

[Giblin7]

I haven't had any problems with fish, just crabs that I added.