I've been gathering some things for a tank renovation, and I was about to head out to walmart to get the last few things. Then I peeked in the tank to see what the crabbies were up to.
Well, as it turns out, only one was up to anything. I first saw a crab laying naked, and dried out, his shell no where to be seen. It was Devise, and I'm honestly devastated. As it turns out, Luca decided he wanted Devise's shell (even though it's too small for him) and Devise ended up dead over it. Then as I was assessing this case, I see Sapphire laying limp in her shell. She's usually very shy and I was surprised that she wasn't retracting into her shell. I gave her a few minutes before I started lightly tapping on her shell. Bad idea. She completely fell forward out of the shell, limp and dead.
So long story short, I'm down to one crab who seemingly murdered another one. It's been so long since I've had to deal with something like this in the tank that I don't even know what to do. I'm down to one crab and I thought about just going to get him a companion. But he just killed a crab and I don't really feel like treating him to friends and new tank toys after that.
I've also thought about rehoming him and just starting fresh.
In the crab's defense, I've not given them the attention they need lately. I'm just behind, but I didn't think it would come to this.
Anyone have any advise? No one's been removed from the tank as of now, I'm still kinda getting over the shock
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