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      February 14th, 2012
Will tiger gobies (E. macrodon) eat blue legged hermit crabs? I just started stocking my, soon to be, reef tank and I started with 4 blue legged hermit crabs and they were healthy and happy for 4 days then I added a tiger goby and my crabs are disappearing from their shells. The tank is new but it doesnt seem like an ammonia issue but I was sure this goby would be okay....

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      February 14th, 2012
Nevermind.....

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      February 15th, 2012
Tiger Goby wouldnt do anything, but did you find your issue?

 


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      February 17th, 2012
Yes, i'm so new! The hermits were just swapping shells with shells in the sand so I thought I was seeing dead hermits.

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      February 17th, 2012
Glad to hear they are doing well

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