Likely culprit for missing fish

[vetteguy53081]

Hello all. I was away from my tank for about 48 hours and when i returned there was no trace of my helfrichi firefish. No body, nothing on the ground, just gone. The tank has tons of live rock and he always slept in the same little hole towards the top of the tank. Other inhabitants are a pair of possum wrasse that would very occasionally take a little frustration out on the firefish. Inverts wise, the tank has tooo many crabs. I bought 2 emeralds initially and then assumed they died and bought two more. I now believe all four are alive and i've even seen a red emerald and another very small crab that i assume came with the rock. I also have a pitho crab but i'd be surpised if it was him because he is always either on the sand or one rock up, ive never seen him venuture to the top of the rock work where the helfirchi would sleep. There is also a huuge blood shrimp, the biggest i've ever seen.

Which is the most likely culprit. The firefish was otherwise healthy and had eaten like 8 pellets right before i left for the weekend

I never will trust emerald crabs. Could be them.
What is your ammonia level?
Are fish breathing normal or rapid ?

 

[Sharkbait19]

Yeah I need to get rid of all these dang crabs asap. I think there might be like 5-7 in here and there isn’t a speck of algae. Do they like nori sheets??

They will eat anything - nori is good. Keep them well fed to avoid problems.

 

[Rick's Reviews]

Nori sheets, algae wafers , , I found some sinking pellets called 'crab cuisine' which all my inhabitants seem to be enjoying

 

[Tathamet]

I use crab cuisine for my inverts as well. As soon as the pellets hit the water I see every single hermit perk up and start booking it across the tank lol.