Markushka Posted April 18, 2011 Share Posted April 18, 2011 really cool pics woogiekids! Good luck with the crabs, I hope to try working with pom-pom larvae too soon< hopefully this summer if I can find myself another male. Quote Link to comment
tam Posted April 18, 2011 Share Posted April 18, 2011 Hello guys, Where is everyone getting their pom pom crabs? I have been looking for quite a while and have never seen any local stores carrying them. I'm afraid of ordering live stock online. bluezooaquatics has them. Quote Link to comment
Arkayology Posted April 18, 2011 Share Posted April 18, 2011 Hello guys, Where is everyone getting their pom pom crabs? I have been looking for quite a while and have never seen any local stores carrying them. I'm afraid of ordering live stock online. You can ask your LFS to order them also. Quote Link to comment
sephly Posted April 18, 2011 Share Posted April 18, 2011 You mean are there different sexes, not genders. Gender is a culturally constructed identity, whereas sex is considered a natural maleness or femaleness based on hormones and physical characteristics. To answer your question, the arm will come back after a molt or two. The pom-poms are anemones that the crabs hold in their arms. They will grow at different rates. Mine has one that is slightly bigger than the other. Hope this helps. thanks for answering the part about the molting, but what i meant was his crab was significantly larger then mine, does that mean his is male and mine female? or vice versa? or does that mean his is simply older then mine? Quote Link to comment
Arkayology Posted April 19, 2011 Share Posted April 19, 2011 thanks for answering the part about the molting, but what i meant was his crab was significantly larger then mine, does that mean his is male and mine female? or vice versa? or does that mean his is simply older then mine? The sizes might be due to age. The best way to tell sex of a crab is to look at the underside. An oval-like plate on the bottom means a female, whereas a long, thinner plate indicates a male. Quote Link to comment
pmoradi2002 Posted April 19, 2011 Share Posted April 19, 2011 Edward Aiptasia Hands. Quote Link to comment
pmoradi2002 Posted April 20, 2011 Share Posted April 20, 2011 Nom nom nom nom harlequin shrimp molt Quote Link to comment
Arkayology Posted April 20, 2011 Share Posted April 20, 2011 (edited) cool pic of the crab eating the molt Edited April 20, 2011 by SoCalDude Quote Link to comment
pj86 Posted April 20, 2011 Share Posted April 20, 2011 Next time I see a pom pom crab at my LFS I'm gonna get some. How much do they usually go for? Quote Link to comment
pmoradi2002 Posted April 20, 2011 Share Posted April 20, 2011 Next time I see a pom pom crab at my LFS I'm gonna get some. How much do they usually go for? Got mine for $10 but they're cheaper. Quote Link to comment
pj86 Posted April 20, 2011 Share Posted April 20, 2011 Got mine for $10 but they're cheaper. That's sounds like a really good deal. Quote Link to comment
Quokka Posted April 20, 2011 Share Posted April 20, 2011 Got mine for $10 but they're cheaper. whered you get it?! i cant find one in any of the oc/inland empire places Quote Link to comment
Arkayology Posted April 20, 2011 Share Posted April 20, 2011 Mine was 8 bucks at the LFS Quote Link to comment
pmoradi2002 Posted April 20, 2011 Share Posted April 20, 2011 whered you get it?! i cant find one in any of the oc/inland empire places Call around. Most places can get it in for you if you ask them to. I got mine from Coral Oasis. Quote Link to comment
junginit Posted June 23, 2011 Share Posted June 23, 2011 Love my pom pom! Great grab to watch! Got mine for $10 at LFS. Quote Link to comment
Quokka Posted June 23, 2011 Share Posted June 23, 2011 (edited) photos and where did you get it !? i noticed you were from the IE and thats a bit closer than an oc place :] Edited June 23, 2011 by Llamaslayer Quote Link to comment
brandon429 Posted June 23, 2011 Share Posted June 23, 2011 Love these rascals, my #1 standby recommendation for pico reef crabbing. have always had one, just lost my oldest one so Im now interested in knowing the max time anyone has kept one alive, to get a general idea on lifespan maximums got about 35-40 months in a one gallon pico before he kicked the bucket...plus, he died in a place I can't and won't get to so I just left him in the bowl to rot. posthumously he proved that death of small animals in a tiny pico isn't necessarily devastating. after about 100 molts I thought he was dead each time it was when I saw his bunnodeopsis anemones crawling up the rock I knew this wasn't just a molt Quote Link to comment
pj86 Posted June 23, 2011 Share Posted June 23, 2011 I got two of these little rascals yesterday, waiting for them to appear again...lol. Didn't think something could hide this well in my 3 gallon picotope. Quote Link to comment
lot49 Posted July 8, 2011 Share Posted July 8, 2011 Love these rascals, my #1 standby recommendation for pico reef crabbing. have always had one, just lost my oldest one so Im now interested in knowing the max time anyone has kept one alive, to get a general idea on lifespan maximums got about 35-40 months in a one gallon pico before he kicked the bucket...plus, he died in a place I can't and won't get to so I just left him in the bowl to rot. posthumously he proved that death of small animals in a tiny pico isn't necessarily devastating. after about 100 molts I thought he was dead each time it was when I saw his bunnodeopsis anemones crawling up the rock I knew this wasn't just a molt i havent logged in here awhile but decided to check on this thread and find any info on life expectancy this afternoon after staring at my pom pom crab in its 5.5g. i got the crab from the LFS back in Sept 2007, and i am amazed at how resilient this little guy is. over the years, various inverts have slowly died off one by one but ive never restocked since it's been so challenging to maintain temps for my tank in my small apartment (major swings). but through it all, this crab is still scurrying about with both its anemones intact today, and now its the only store-bought livestock i have. Quote Link to comment
PinkDamsel Posted July 9, 2011 Share Posted July 9, 2011 (edited) Hi, everyone. I'm still trying to sex my crab, and I'm wondering how you all get a view of the underside - mine never is in a position where I can see the full abdomen. The best I've managed is this pic - for those more experienced, is it enough to tell (I was guessing female)? Yes, Nestlée lost her pompoms and as you can see she's carrying a substitute in 1 claw. I think it's a piece of my demised ric. Another question: does anybody know what the white dot is on the "chest"? The mouth? Anus? Just a decorative marking? I noticed both males and females have the dot, sorta looks like a target, lol. Edited July 9, 2011 by PinkDamsel Quote Link to comment
junginit Posted July 9, 2011 Share Posted July 9, 2011 photos and where did you get it !? i noticed you were from the IE and thats a bit closer than an oc place :] Sorry, didn't catch your post earlier. I will try and get some pics, the pom pom is petty reclusive. I got it from Petworld, right off the 10 on Harriman exit Tippecanoe. Across the street from Best Buy. The guys in there are usually pretty nice. Usually have a good selection of livestock. They just happened to have a pom pom when I went in there. If you are looking for other store, here are a couple. Just call ahead and ask what you want. Another place is Shillingtons in Beaumont. The owner is friendly and knowledgeable. 965 Calimesa Boulevard Calimesa CA 92320-1120 United States And in Ontario there is a huge store, Global Aquatics. Friendly people willing to makes deals in there. 1420 South Carlos Avenue Ontario CA 91761-7655 United States Jans had a decent selection 5427 Moreno St Ste E Montclair, CA 91763 Hope that helps! Quote Link to comment
PinkDamsel Posted August 7, 2011 Share Posted August 7, 2011 Time to bump this thead! Finally got a full-underside-frontal view, and Nestlée is definitely a she-crab! However, the mystery of the white dot remains. It's like a panel that flaps open & shut, not often but occasionally. There doesn't seem to be an opening behind it, but it happens so quickly it's hard to be sure. Can't see that anything is going in or coming out, but who knows? Wonder if it's an organ of some kind. If so, what? And if that isn't the mouth, where is the mouth located Behind the moving mouth parts? Intriguing little critters.... Quote Link to comment
naturalwonders Posted September 16, 2011 Share Posted September 16, 2011 I'll be redoing my 2.5G macroalgae tank which is housing the pistol shrimp+goby pair and will replace them with some of these Pom Pom dudes hahahaha. Could someone let me know if they are ok with neon gobies? Thanks. Quote Link to comment
northeastern Posted September 20, 2011 Share Posted September 20, 2011 (edited) This may be a dumb question and im probably just overreacting but I added one of these little guys this weekend, and today i was cleaning my tank and had to push a rock up then down to clean a spot, is there any chance i could have crushed/trapped my crab? the rock is 100% on crushed coral so no rock to rock grinding he's good ill post my phone pics later Edited September 21, 2011 by northeastern Quote Link to comment
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