it's the circle of liiiiife...

scyllarus · Post by **scyllarus** » Sat Dec 04, 2010 8:07 pm

so, hopefully this won't upset anyone too much, but here goes:

i'm keeping a small freshwater aquarium with several tiny fish. i recently bought a few neon tetras, thinking they'd cheer up the tank a bit (the others are all bottom-dwellers), and i guess the cooler water may have done them in. so i'm stuck with dead fish. one of them disappears right away (the other fish are scavengers, so i'm not surprised) and the other two i decide, well, they're dead and they'll pollute the water...so into the hermit crab tank they went.

it's been two days now, and they were gone after the first day. there's no smell, so i'm assuming the hermies finished them up o__o these are seriously small hermit crabs, probably only the size of a nickel at biggest.

i guess i know what to do with any other deaths in the tank, now...

((of course: i've kept fish for some time, and i got the tetras from a reputable source. feeding crabbies fish that have been medicated for ich and such would be a terrible idea, since most fish medications are terrible for invertebrates and probably permeate the fish's body for weeks after. so for any aquarists - this is probably a completely viable way of getting rid of a newly deceased fish (not a feeder from the store, those are far too likely to have parasites), but caution must be exercised.))

tigermoon89 · Post by **tigermoon89** » Sat Dec 04, 2010 10:40 pm

A local pet shop owner does the same thing when he has deaths in his tanks.

Shivering Isles · Post by **Shivering Isles** » Sat Dec 04, 2010 11:12 pm

Thats actually interesting to here. I know its sad but at least they are not going to waste.

Mufasa - The antelopes eat the grass.

Simba - But dad don't we eat the antelope?

Mufasa - Yes Simba but when we die we become the grass. Everything exists in a delicate balance.

TheCrabbyTabby · Post by **TheCrabbyTabby** » Thu Dec 16, 2010 7:57 pm

Technically, it would be a circle if the crabs contributed something to benefit the fish but, meh, we can overlook that. Right?

kgbenson · Post by **kgbenson** » Fri Jan 07, 2011 10:53 am

the semicircle of life

TheCrabbyTabby · Post by **TheCrabbyTabby** » Sat Jan 08, 2011 11:13 pm

That was too funny and clever!!!!

Hermie Lover · Post by **Hermie Lover** » Fri Jan 14, 2011 10:03 pm

LOLOL!

Well, that is a good idea, and no offense taken! I do the same thing with crickets....they are always gone. They love fresh protein like that. I think it's a smart idea.

They gotta eat!