Shrimp got eaten !

[sadist]

Hi guys ,

Day 3 of my newly introduced cleaner shrimp.

Found it in bits and pieces being devoured by my electric orange hermit crab.

Also discovered that the shrimp shell was nearby and it seems to have molted before it became shrimp meal for my crab.

Q1 Does hermit crab eats shrimps?

Q2 Is it because of the molting which somehow kill my shrimp?

Q3 Does the state of being just molted, makes my shrimp as irresistable target?

any gurus out there willing to impart your knowledge?

thanks in advance !!!

[glim18]

I've seen a hermit crab catch on to the tail of a small common clown and not let go, regardless of whatever I did to the crab. imho, crabs, hermits included, are scavengers and will eat whatever they can get their claws on.

[sadist]

thanks glim18.

Could more than 1 hermit crab cohabit peacefully in a tank ?

[glim18]

multiple hermit crabs within the same tank are OK...

[big_ben102000]

if u wanna have more than one hermit make sure u got enough shells laying around. they will kill each other to find a larger home if they cant find any empty ones around haha

cheers

[RockyBoy]

I've got shrimps and hermits. Both are living together very well. My cleaner shrimps have been molting like nobody business and growing fast as well as my hermits. I've put bigger empty shells and the hermits have changed to new homes.

It is advisable to dose iodine regularly if you have inverterbrates to aid their molting.

[sadist]

thx fellow reefers for all your inputs !!!

[KennethK]

U should state wat fishes u have. Hermit seldom eat shrimps.

[ad_aware]

Yea haha if u got some hawkfish.. then... good luck.. other day i came home i saw my flame hawk have 2 whiskers...

[gnosamoht]

Did you change water recently? I usually try to avoid water change if I see my shrimps molt...usually they are v sensitive to water changes during that period..