Caleb getting salty!?! No way..

[ImACoolguy]

Well the worm is still MIA right now.

Question: my cleaner shrimp molted again. In my frenzy last time I removed his molt. Should I leave it this time or remove it?


Caleb

[Finntastic]

Either, I kept mine because I like to freak out ppl when they saw my sw tank. But u can throw it out

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[coralbandit]

Leave it!
Just how nature would do it!
Wouldn't the skeleton be mostly CA?

[54seaweed]

the worm probably crawled into a rock , as for the molt you could leave it or remove it
either way don't matter ,

[ImACoolguy]

Great news!

The peppermint finally came out today!




Caleb

[54seaweed]

mine only comes out at night

[ImACoolguy]

Originally Posted by 54seaweed

mine only comes out at night

Same here. He came out at feeding time today though which surprised me.


Caleb

[ImACoolguy]

Came home today and found my scarlet hermit dead at the bottom of the tank. The weird part is his shell was at the top of tank on the LR. Like something pulled him out or he left his shell and was killed.

Well I don't want to say he was replaced but I had brought him home 2 scarlet friends when I found him. So in a sense he was replaced unknowingly and will be missed.


Caleb

[54seaweed]

do you keep extra shells in tank so when they molt they can move into bigger shells

[ImACoolguy]

Originally Posted by 54seaweed

do you keep extra shells in tank so when they molt they can move into bigger shells

I have a few but now that I think of it they may not be large enough. Guess it would be good to get them some more.


Caleb

[redsea]

Originally Posted by ImACoolguy

Came home today and found my scarlet hermit dead at the bottom of the tank. The weird part is his shell was at the top of tank on the LR. Like something pulled him out or he left his shell and was killed.

Well I don't want to say he was replaced but I had brought him home 2 scarlet friends when I found him. So in a sense he was replaced unknowingly and will be missed.


Caleb

Sorry about the loss of your Scarlet Hermit Crab. I recently lost my Turbo Snails so I know how you feel. Inverts may not be fish but are still so much fun to have.

Enjoy your new guys!

[ImACoolguy]

Originally Posted by redsea

Sorry about the loss of your Scarlet Hermit Crab. I recently lost my Turbo Snails so I know how you feel. Inverts may not be fish but are still so much fun to have.



Enjoy your new guys!

I actually find them just as fun if not more entertaining to watch than fish sorry about the snails!


Caleb

[54seaweed]

I need to replenish my inverts around every 6 months as they are part of the food chain , so I don't get attached

[ImACoolguy]

Well in a tank that is majority inverts it's hard not to

Did a water test and got sorta what I expected:

Ammonia: 0.25ppm (assuming from the hermit)
Nitrite: 0ppm
Nitrate: 0ppm (weird because my water change was Monday)

In process of PWC to get ammonia back to 0.


Caleb

[ImACoolguy]

My ammonia test is weird. I'm my freshwater the yellow color is see through. This is like trying to see a fish in a lake underwater. It's not going to happen. The color looks yellow but it's murky.


Caleb

[ImACoolguy]

I didn't do it! I didn't do it I promise! I would never give in to temptation of beautiful corals and a debit card!






Caleb

[redsea]

Originally Posted by ImACoolguy

I actually find them just as fun if not more entertaining to watch than fish sorry about the snails!


Caleb

Thanks.

Invertebrates sure are a blast, especially shrimp! They're my favorite kind of inverts, I love how Cleaners just jump on arms and clean them like it's a fish . I think it is Paul on here that calls them cuticle shrimp, or is the someone else? LOL

[ImACoolguy]

It's opened up more today now that it's used to the light.


Caleb

[ImACoolguy]

For some reason my Kenyi isn't fully extending yet my other corals look fine and are extended fine.

Also I left my hermits shell in there just incase another wanted to renovate it. Turns out, he isn't dead, he's just lost a claw in a fight or something. I noticed when I saw him come out for heading time.


Caleb

[Sniperhank]

How long has the kenya tree been in there? Have you tried a different spot? Soft coral can be finicky about the flow they are in.