Mr. Microscope Posted June 10, 2010 Share Posted June 10, 2010 I saw that you are selling micro porcelain crabs. Awesome! I was thinking about purchasing a small community for my pico. How do they interact with each other? Are they agressve towards one another, or would it be fine to throw a bunch in there. Also, the price is $4. Is that per crab? I used to have a purple one and miss it. 'Would love to have a bunch of these little guys hanging around. Link to comment
johnmaloney Posted June 10, 2010 Share Posted June 10, 2010 I should probably sell them as a 2-4 pack with a small barnacle cluster. They hang out nearby, and will wave their arms in their air looking for food...once the group has an area, they stay in it and with fex exception they will always be there. A group of 6 or more might split into two groups, sometimes they stay together though. THey dont fight each other, I think it has to do with having enough room for them to all sit on top of the rock/barnacle/etc... and wave around in the water. Link to comment
Jacobnano Posted June 10, 2010 Share Posted June 10, 2010 Wow those sound awesome! I may have to add a little group of them to my order!!!! Do they need the barnacles to live on? Link to comment
reef2.5 Posted June 10, 2010 Share Posted June 10, 2010 am i missing something, is there a link or any other info Link to comment
johnmaloney Posted June 10, 2010 Share Posted June 10, 2010 no, they do just fine on rocks, but if I was going to give a description of their behavior, that is pretty natural. They hide out in the holes, come to the top and escape back in. Since they feed like a barnacle too, they almost become 3nd generation barnacles in a way...that is why i mentioned it, otherwise they can live wherever, rocks, pvc pipe etc.. Link to comment
Shyla8 Posted June 10, 2010 Share Posted June 10, 2010 They are adorable! Are they actually colored? Apurple one sounds cool, what happened to yours Mr? Link to comment
johnmaloney Posted June 10, 2010 Share Posted June 10, 2010 mine aren't colored some are greener than others, but colorful isn't a word I would use to describe them though. Link to comment
Mr. Microscope Posted June 10, 2010 Author Share Posted June 10, 2010 I should probably sell them as a 2-4 pack with a small barnacle cluster. Wow. That was a fast reply! Let me know how you are planning to do this. I will likely be placing an order next week for them. Thanks! Link to comment
SpankythePyro Posted June 10, 2010 Share Posted June 10, 2010 are they exactly like the one in the pic? Link to comment
Jacobnano Posted June 10, 2010 Share Posted June 10, 2010 no, they do just fine on rocks, but if I was going to give a description of their behavior, that is pretty natural. They hide out in the holes, come to the top and escape back in. Since they feed like a barnacle too, they almost become 3nd generation barnacles in a way...that is why i mentioned it, otherwise they can live wherever, rocks, pvc pipe etc.. Thats what I figured, barnacles are neat critters. Link to comment
Mr. Microscope Posted June 10, 2010 Author Share Posted June 10, 2010 They are adorable! Are they actually colored? Apurple one sounds cool, what happened to yours Mr? Right!? Agreed. I'm not sure what happened to mine. Perhaps it was old when I got it, or maybe my tank was too clean for it. I think it might have also died during an attempted molt because it was upside down for a while before it died. Link to comment
Justind823 Posted June 10, 2010 Share Posted June 10, 2010 So they feed like barnacles, does this mean they also starve like barnacles in a nano aquarium? I'd like to get a couple for my pico but since its only been running for a month or so I'm worried they wouldn't have enough to eat. Link to comment
johnmaloney Posted June 10, 2010 Share Posted June 10, 2010 well they are mobile and omnivores...I was just making a comparison to how they hang out, they will eat leftover food, pick at some algae etc... Link to comment
Justind823 Posted June 10, 2010 Share Posted June 10, 2010 Ah okay. I was just making sure they didn't only filter feed Link to comment
johnmaloney Posted June 10, 2010 Share Posted June 10, 2010 hah...i just noticed i misspelled "2nd" that is pretty bad....even for me... If there is anything hard to keep at my store there will be some red letters and super conservative language about it. I don't sell things like horseshoe crabs and the like because of stuff like that, no worries there, if there is something difficult I will let you know for sure. Link to comment
kamikaze_fish Posted June 10, 2010 Share Posted June 10, 2010 Would they get along with pom pom crabs? Your site said they might get picked on by emerald crabs but I'm curious if they would do well with others, or even sexy shrimp. I've got a 3g I'm thinking about tossing a couple pom poms and some sexy shrimp in. Link to comment
chrssprngs Posted June 10, 2010 Share Posted June 10, 2010 Just ordered 7 of the little buggers. Any worries with a banded coral shrimp? Where are you located and do you have a store front? Link to comment
animalmaster6 Posted June 10, 2010 Share Posted June 10, 2010 I can't wait for my giant colony of them Link to comment
TinyGiant Posted June 10, 2010 Share Posted June 10, 2010 i just placed my order to get the free shipping at reef cleaners and i was very close to getting a porcelin crab.. but i really want to get a boxing pom pom crab and was afraid they might not get along.. oh well. Link to comment
johnmaloney Posted June 10, 2010 Share Posted June 10, 2010 chrssprngs - Stuart Florida. We have a warehouse, and are zoned for industrial use. We will work out a will call service in the future, but currently we don't have the parking and the country will not allow us to have retail customers in the traditional sense. Coral banded shrimp are mean, but they generally won't bother porcelain crabs, they are worse around snails and other shrimp, but they tend to leave these guys alone. kamikazefish - pom poms wouldn't hurt them, they are pretty tame for crabs. The porcelains are not aggressive to other crabs, and there are a few crabs they share homes with. All of which would probably be considered evil in an aquarium though. Porcelain crabs are really timid, those claws aren't for fighting, they are for dropping while fleeing. I think these guys have a better temperament than hermits for what it is worth...if anything...lol... Link to comment
TinyGiant Posted June 10, 2010 Share Posted June 10, 2010 I have had the porcelain crabs in the past. they will use the claws to scare things at times. I just figured in a 5gallon tank I dont want to take any chances.. i've wanted a pom pom for a long time. the times that ihad them i never noticed them fighting with anything. i just felt like being cautious today Link to comment
chrssprngs Posted June 11, 2010 Share Posted June 11, 2010 Order info didn't have any tracking info. Order# 0006208. I was expecting them today. Link to comment
Shyla8 Posted June 11, 2010 Share Posted June 11, 2010 Aww they sound kinda cute, almost wish I ordered some, but my stuff comes priority anyway. So I guess not, you guys take pics when you get yours! Link to comment
johnmaloney Posted June 12, 2010 Share Posted June 12, 2010 Hi Chrissprings, I sent an email, but since your order came in on Wed. afternoon it is set for shipment next Monday. We only have 2 shipments a week. We did shipping every day a few weeks ago and it drove up costs incredibly... so we went back to our original schedule. Link to comment
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