Hello again and tank update

[Angelajean]

Hello,
I have not been on in awhile. Now that things are somewhat settling down I thought I would give an update on our tank and say hi. I have been sick between my asthma and my thyroid so very tired.

Our 40 breeder is doing well. All our parameters are doing fine. We have slowly added a few fish. We now have a yellow watchman. a pair of black and white ocellaris clowns, a small scooter blenny and a purple dottyback. All seem to be doing well together. The dottyback was the last one added and there have been a few little chases between the dottyback and the scooter. I think they were both after something one the same rock.

I do need to work on my CUC, but am tired of getting snails and them dying. I haven't had good luck with margaritas. I had read somewhere that they really need cooler water than what a reef tank has. So the last snails I got were ceriths and a top crown. I still have a few turbos. I love the top crown. The ceriths seem to survive at a 50% ratio. I have 4 nassarius (2 small, 2 tongas). No hermit crabs. They kept killing off my snails even though they had plenty of shells available. Suggestions?

Angie

 

[little_fish]

That is just the nature of some hermit crabs, they are born snail killers. Not a whole lot you can do about it if you already have spare shells for them

 

[Bifferwine]

Welcome back!

 

[Amba]

Glad to have ya back!

 

[2XAl]

I have gotten pretty frustrated with snails too. It seemed like a good idea at the time to get some hermits but now the only luck I have with snails is the nassarius. I made sure they had plenty of shells too, they just seem to want the ones that are already occupied.

 

[Aquarium Watch]

You might try target feeding your crabs. They might just be hungry.