Davenandez Posted January 9, 2005 Share Posted January 9, 2005 Hello im new to this forum Anyways my lfs has a horseshoe crab and its constantly shifting sand. I was wondering if anybody has experience with these guys. Im not thinking anybody would have one in a nano but some people here have more than one tank so... Link to comment
brandino007 Posted January 9, 2005 Share Posted January 9, 2005 I had two in my 29gal FOWLR and they ate all the good critters in my live sand(well now I thinks its dead sand) But they do sift the sand but mine died after eating all the good stuff. Even thought I feed them fish food, krill, and other shrimp. Link to comment
Davenandez Posted January 9, 2005 Author Share Posted January 9, 2005 so in other words itll kill the bacteria in the live sand? dern it Link to comment
brandino007 Posted January 9, 2005 Share Posted January 9, 2005 Im pretty sure they did in mine!!!! I loved those things too but if they are bad to my tank then they cant go in there. Link to comment
Shaz Posted January 9, 2005 Share Posted January 9, 2005 They also (slowly, but eventually) get very big Link to comment
Davenandez Posted January 9, 2005 Author Share Posted January 9, 2005 awww i kinda wanted one ... would they get to the deep parts of, say, a refugeum sandbed(6 in deep)? Link to comment
kirei Posted January 12, 2005 Share Posted January 12, 2005 They can reach like 2 feet long. But they're pretty cute. They are carnivores, so you would probably have to suppliment it with some sort of meaty food. Link to comment
666 Posted January 12, 2005 Share Posted January 12, 2005 Don't bother with those things. I see them at the beach all the time from a few inches up to over 2 feet inluding that little tail thing. Definetly gets way to big. Link to comment
JustPhish Posted January 13, 2005 Share Posted January 13, 2005 They eat everything in the sand bed effectively negating any "live" sand you wanted. They also get HUGE and really should be left to aquariums and the like that have the enormous tanks they can thrive in. IMHO Link to comment
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