Who killed my hermit crabs??

[Tchung23]

I’ve now found 3 dead hermit crabs out of their shells. I’m wondering out of my livestock who killed them. I’m pretty sure I know but curious to see what others think.

2 clowns
2 cardinals
2 mandarins
Yasha and pistol
1 blue spotted Jawfish.
1 cleaner
1 fire shrimp
1 coral banded shrimp

my moneys on the pistol

 

[Biglew11]

Is there enough food and algae for them to eat? are you sure they are dead and you're not just finding there empty molts?
What kind of pistol shrimp? I have a candy cane (Randall's) pistol shrimp and the only time it's even slightly aggressive is if something gets to close ( like right at the entrance).

 

[monkeyCmonkeyDo]

Coral bandit shrimps are no light weights. My guess is hes eating em at night when everyones sleeping. Lol.
+1 ur sure they are not the molts?
D

 

[Brady4000]

Could be other hermit crabs how many do you have.

 

[Tchung23]

Pretty sure they are not molts as there are less hermit crabs moving around. I believes I had like 4. There’s definitely not 4 anymore.
There should be plenty for food around as I tend to over feed so that I know there’s enough food for my little mandarins.

 

[Tchung23]

Coral bandit shrimps are no light weights. My guess is hes eating em at night when everyones sleeping. Lol.
+1 ur sure they are not the molts?
D

Didn’t know coral banded shrimps were like that. He never comes out. Only at night does he kind come out.