Clarkii Clowns And A Pulsing Xenia!

[Eigdoog]

Hello,

So yesterday I got myself two Clarkii Clown fish and one pulsing xenia, Today I feed my clowns some brine shrimp and they loved it but I also saw one of my crabs dead with just its claws and legs (no shell or insides) I believe its a hermit crab (red) im not 100% sure.

ALSO

How do I feed my pulsing xenia? I got myself some frozen food for it and the man told me to put it in a cup till unfrozen and then put it in my tank so I did, I never saw anything go in really and non went near the xenia. So can someone tell me how to feed it so that it gets the food?

Many Thanks Eigdoog

 

[Musho3210]

if there is no meat then it is a very high possibility that it was a molt (a crab shedding its skeleton to grow some more and then build a new skeleton) give it a few days and you should see the crab again.

You wont want to feed the xenia.

 

[Eigdoog]

if there is no meat then it is a very high possibility that it was a molt (a crab shedding its skeleton to grow some more and then build a new skeleton) give it a few days and you should see the crab again.

You wont want to feed the xenia.

Why should i not feed the xenia? do you mean now or at all?, i got told to feed it every 2 days. If i do have to feed it later on how would i do so?

There was no shell to the crab only the red claws and legs plus its face/mouth and a slimey bit from the back. i have 3 of them in my tank and i still see the other two. would the clowns not eat it atall?

Many Thanks Eigdoog

 

[johnnyjtaylor]

You don't need to feed the xenia atall and your description of the crab shell/skin as musho said sounds like it has moulted.

 

[jflowers]

Agreed, its just moulted and grown a little bigger

xenia will feed itself from the water.

Jon

 

[Musho3210]

the last thing you want is your xenia to grow any faster than what it already does.

 

[Eigdoog]

Oh, well the man told me they grow fast but by the sounds of things there fast fast.

i think i have other corals growing from the live rock, should i try and feed them?