Remember, we are going to have crabs in out tanks. It is a very rare tank
that does not have at least one or two crabs hanging out in there. Most of
them are not going to go around and attack things. I have a couple of them
in my tank, and I just watch to make sure that they are not bothering
anything. I actually have one that lives under my pectinia coral that is
probably about an inch from one side to the other. He just hangs out there
and catches extra food that my pectinia eats. He never moves around the tank
and really does not worry me. If he gets to large, or I find him going after
food that my pectinia is trying to eat, then he will be removed and I dipped
in butter sauce. Point is, crabs can help a tank, you just have to watch
them. I don't necessarily like them, but don't stress if you see one!
IMO
Shane C.
-----Original Message-----
From: Jose Arturo Perez Vera [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2001 10:13 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: crab
Where can i find a library of differents species of crabs? I saw one
yesterday in one of my LR and it is brown with the claws black. Any Idea?
Is it reef safe? I need to ID !!!
Reef Man
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-----Original Message-----
From: Scott Fleming [ mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ]
Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2001 10:54 AM
To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
Subject: RE: crab
Shane,
Something you just said hit me about Emeralds.
You mentioned removing the hairy ones. When you
said that, did you mean the Emeralds with lots
of hair on their legs?
If so, here is some info. I have had great success
with Emeralds in the past for bubble algae control.
However, the latest 2 that I've added have done
Jack - nothing, nodda, etc. They refuse to eat it.
One thing though, the legs are really hairy. It's
an Emerald for sure, just that I don't remember my
other Emeralds having so much hair on their body.
Are there Emeralds with and without hair?
Just thought I'd ask.
Have a good one.
-scottf
-----Original Message-----
From: Shane Clays [ mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ]
Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2001 8:13 AM
To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
Subject: RE: crab
My advice, next time, no matter how tired you are, if there is a
crab that
is eating your coral, get it out of there (if you can). You may not
get the
opportunity to do it again. As for crabs in a reef, other than the
crabs
that live in coral (and don't eat it) I don't like them. I have
heard
Emerald Crabs work nicely, but I have also heard of them eating
polyps and
such. They are good scavengers though, so maybe concentrate on
removing the
hairy ones and leaving the others. See how that works...
FWIW
Shane C.
-----Original Message-----
From: Jimmy Hoo [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2001 3:56 AM
To: ReefKeepers
Cc: ReefKeeping
Subject: crab
Dear list,
Two weeks ago I removed a 2cm hairy crab from my tank
because I saw
him
striped out my bird nest coral within 3-4 days. Actually I
have seen
him
amongst the coral since I have it (approx 2 mothns). But one
day I
found my
bird nest striped out and the crab had moved to another bird
nest
frag and
also he started to eat it. So now I already have it removed.
Last night I found another hairy crab (1 cm)in my other
tank. And he
also
ate my red pipe coral. I was too sleepy to remove it, so I
just
drived him
away.
So do you think crab is a no-no to a reef tank? What about
other
species?
Because I have anothers (w/o hair) who had grown up to 4cm
and 2cm
but I
never saw them do any damage to my reeftank.
TIA,
Jim.
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