This morning I pulled out 3 dead hitch hiker crabs. I'm worried maybe something is out of balance and I don't want it to hurt my other livestock...Everything else seems to be ok except my acans didn't do well and I had to move them to a frag tank where they are thriving.
Over the past few months I've probably seen or removed about 8 total dead ones. My tank is 7 months old, I've been trying to remove hitchhiker crabs pretty much the entire time. I've probably removed over 20 total live ones and I know there are at least 5 more little buggers in there.
Readings:
Salinity: 1.025
Temp: 80
Ammonia: 0
Nitrite: 0
Nitrates: 20 <-- This is a little high, usually at 0.
PH: 8.23
Ca: 520
KH: 8 dkh
Phosphate: .25
Mg: 1,150
Should I be concerned, or is there anything I'm overlooking? I still don't know why my acans don't do well in my DT, wondered if it was related to the crab deaths...
Over the past few months I've probably seen or removed about 8 total dead ones. My tank is 7 months old, I've been trying to remove hitchhiker crabs pretty much the entire time. I've probably removed over 20 total live ones and I know there are at least 5 more little buggers in there.
Readings:
Salinity: 1.025
Temp: 80
Ammonia: 0
Nitrite: 0
Nitrates: 20 <-- This is a little high, usually at 0.
PH: 8.23
Ca: 520
KH: 8 dkh
Phosphate: .25
Mg: 1,150
Should I be concerned, or is there anything I'm overlooking? I still don't know why my acans don't do well in my DT, wondered if it was related to the crab deaths...
