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07-16-2001, 09:04 AM
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Pic Evil Crab?
Here is a pic of the crab I have in my tank. It is about .5" big. He does not seem to be bothering anybody, not yet anyway. But from what I have previously read, crabs should not be in a reef tank. I tried the other night to catch him, placing a small jar in the tank. By morning I only found a couple of hermit crabs in there.
Should I take him out? He does not look to friendly. TIA
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07-16-2001, 10:44 AM
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Susan, I would leave him in I have a few of these crabs in my tank also and they don't bother anything. If you take a close look at these crabs when they are in the open they feed by catching suspended debri in the water. (kind of a filter feeder) They really come out of hiding when I add DT's Phytoplankton to my tank. Just my 2 cents.
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07-16-2001, 12:50 PM
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He is pretty cool and cute to watch. I have noticed he has these circular transparent disc like, that he moves around in the wtr. I figured that he was filter feeding. I just wanted to make sure he is reef safe.
THX
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07-16-2001, 04:20 PM
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Susan, I got a nuciance crab out by sticking a pc of shrimp inside a net and suspending it in the tank. Once the crab went after it I just quickly swooped him against the glass and out of the tank.
That one is intresting. If it doesnt bother anything leave it be.
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07-16-2001, 04:24 PM
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one of the few crabs that's mostly harmless. It's an anemone crab/porcelein crab. Neat little critters. They're mostly filter feeders catching small planktonic organisms with their "mitts". Mine unfortunately dissappeared some time ago (probably due to a nasty stone crab I have). Your's is very colorfull.
Here's a bad pic of mine sharing my LT anemone with my maroon clown... 
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07-16-2001, 09:54 PM
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thx for all the replies. I will leave him be for now since he is not bothering anybody, and he also is amusing to watch.
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