My dead Fiddler crab

[~ocean]

My fiddler crab suddenly died on me...:cry: He only ate 2 shrimp pieces in a day, then didn't eat another day...

WHY!!! WHY HIM!!! sigh...

please tell me why he died...

Thanks...

[thegrandpoohbah]

Have you tested your water? Was the tank new? Too many variables to be able to give you a definitive answer. However, if you were feeding pieces of shrimp then odds are good that any uneaten food would have caused an ammonia spike which invertabrates do not tolerate well.