currentking
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all of my emrald crabs and decorator crabs are dying. Fish and all coral doing well. Water was good last time it was tested
help. Crabs dying
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der_wille_zur_macht
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How old is the tank? How long have the crabs been in the tank? What else is in there? What equipment are you running? Have you changed anything recently? Has anything new been added to the tank?
currentking
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the tank has been up for more than 6 months. I have a 65 gallon with yellow tang,6 line wrasse, true percula clown, and a cardinal. Only new coral I have added were a couple Aussie acans. Water is perfect according to my LFS. No nitrites, nitrates at 15. Ph8.4 no phosphates. It doesnt look like something killed them. Could it be lack of food?
der_wille_zur_macht
Team RC
Did they literally all die at once? How many crabs are we talking about here?
Are you sure it wasn't just molting?
Are you sure it wasn't just molting?
Aquarist007
New member
when was the last time you did a water change?
currentking
New member
there was about 8 crabs over a span of 2 weeks. I don't believe they were molting
currentking
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water change was 3 days ago and did 10 gallons. Before that was 2 weeks ago also 10 gallons
der_wille_zur_macht
Team RC
Where's your source water coming from for the water changes? Any other inverts in the tank?
taillonjohn
Member
pls describe what you mean by dying. are you seeing them kill each other? are you just finding empty shells? are you just finding legs and crab parts on the sand? do they die all at once overnight, or one per day...etc... if everything is "fine" in your tank, they should not be dying, so (I think) either you have a predator in the tank, or they are molting
