First death

[gareth.hubbarde]

So found the remains of one of my hermit crabs this morning, my question is this, should I remove the remains or leave it for the nassarius snails?

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[homer1475]

Sure it's remains and not a molt?

Either way I typically leave small deaths like this for my CUC to dispose of. It's what we have them for anyways.

 

[WatDatThing]

Most likely a molt.

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[mcgyvr]

You can leave the remains if you want if it died or just take it out and yes crabs do molt like snakes which many confuse as a death..

 

[bearpeidog]

Let your cleanup crew do its thing! Over the years I've lost all kinds of snails, crabs, shrimps etc. unless you tank is small it won't even cause a blip and it lets your living creatures do their normal "activities"

 

[Sk8r]

IF a crab death would harm your tank you don't have enough snails and worms. The tank should be able to handle a demised fish. That's why they call them a CUC.