Cesar Posted October 16, 2006 Share Posted October 16, 2006 WTF. Do some crabs eat corals? I have in my tank some crab that came in my LR and I noticed that I have been missing my beautiful EE zoo's. I found a little chunk were the crab usually hides. Do they eat Zoo's? The rest of my EE colony is gone. I can't find it anywhere. Link to comment
Reef Gator Posted October 16, 2006 Share Posted October 16, 2006 does it look like this? Gorilla crab or this? Stone crab BAD CRABS! according to tampabaysaltwater.com Link to comment
Cesar Posted October 16, 2006 Author Share Posted October 16, 2006 does it look like this? Gorilla crab Something like this but it looks way more fuzzy. Lot more hairy. Link to comment
sandlot13 Posted October 16, 2006 Share Posted October 16, 2006 yup, consider your EE's gone then..... crabs are opportunistic eaters, eating whatever is closest to them when they are hungry, whether it be some hair algae or some valued corals. Id get rid of that crab (in fact, any crab) from your tank ASAP. and if you would like, feel free to send it to me so i can feed it to my mantis shrimp i promise a horrible and gruesome death for the perpatrator Link to comment
SeaCrop Posted October 16, 2006 Share Posted October 16, 2006 As a general rule of thumb, hairy crab= bad. Link to comment
DementedLullaby Posted October 16, 2006 Share Posted October 16, 2006 With near 6k posts I would think you'd be aware that crabs...especially hairy crabs are oppurtunistic feeders Anyway another thing to look for is sharp ended claws vs. blunt/round ended claws. Roundies usually scrape algae while sharpies eat just about anything. Even roundies can turn on you(i.e the horror stories with emrald crabs)if not eating enough/getting a taste for expensive dining. Link to comment
Cesar Posted October 17, 2006 Author Share Posted October 17, 2006 and if you would like, feel free to send it to me so i can feed it to my mantis shrimp i promise a horrible and gruesome death for the perpatrator You got it dude. Let me catch that little ba$tard and i'll send him your way. That S.O.B. Make sure you get that on video or picture man. I want to see that punk suffer. I'll even pay for shipping dude. With near 6k posts I would think you'd be aware that crabs...especially hairy crabs are oppurtunistic feeders you would figure. I just never had one of these hitchikers before. That ba$tard is mine dude. Link to comment
DementedLullaby Posted October 17, 2006 Share Posted October 17, 2006 With some butter he should be quite nice ~_^ disclaimer! Don't eat these guys many contain tetradoxin! Link to comment
SSMangrove Posted November 15, 2006 Share Posted November 15, 2006 As a general rule of thumb, hairy crab= bad. well put. Link to comment
djchristone Posted November 15, 2006 Share Posted November 15, 2006 lol do you guys think it's posisble for blue legged hermits to eat zoas? cuz i'm missing a crap load right now. lol Link to comment
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