wwildcats04 Posted March 29, 2006 Share Posted March 29, 2006 I have never read about this anywhere and I have done a fair amt. of research on the pom pom before I purchased it. Anyway, lets cut to the chase... I hardly ever see the thing and last time I saw it it had droed its anemone ( ) O well. tonight I saw it and it had a bristle worm its its claws and I thought at first that it was its way of compensating for the loss... however I look at it a few mins ago and it had the bristle worm in its mouth! This is a major break through because I absolutely HATE bristle worms after breaking down someones tank and getting a handfull of bristles. Link to comment
firefishbrain Posted March 29, 2006 Share Posted March 29, 2006 that's pretty cool...I wonder if mine does that for me... Link to comment
CGNano Posted March 29, 2006 Share Posted March 29, 2006 Woah, that's cool. If it dropped its anemones, it's because the water quality is too low for them. I've had mine for about six months, and he still has the originals. Link to comment
lanceleaderx Posted March 29, 2006 Share Posted March 29, 2006 Woah, that's cool. If it dropped its anemones, it's because the water quality is too low for them. I've had mine for about six months, and he still has the originals. i see my pom pom once a week, Link to comment
wwildcats04 Posted March 29, 2006 Author Share Posted March 29, 2006 everything else is thriving.... (feather duster, BTA, ocelaris, yellow watchmen, hammer coral, tons of polyps and mushrooms, porcelain crab, sexy shrimp, fire shrimp, peppermind shrimp) I did have a period of time w/ forgetting to top off so that was prob when it occured. I do weekly 25% water changes w/ RO/DI water but I do not skim. Link to comment
wwildcats04 Posted March 30, 2006 Author Share Posted March 30, 2006 Here is a link to a tread started by me where there are pictures of the crab holding the worm Link to comment
halfpint Posted March 30, 2006 Share Posted March 30, 2006 now that you mentioned it, I haven't seen any bristle worms in my 12G NC since a week or two after I got my pom pom crab. My tank used to be COVERED in bristle worms. Now, I can't recall seeing any in a long time. Link to comment
bunjiweb Posted March 30, 2006 Share Posted March 30, 2006 Thats very interesting to read. I have a "boxing" or "pom-pom" crab in my 5Gal nano, It still has its original 'nems. If yours has dropped its nems then your water quality can't be right because they generally only drop the nems if they die, which is nearly always going to be down to water quality or possibly lack of food (although i find that arguement hard to believe). Ben Link to comment
halfpint Posted April 1, 2006 Share Posted April 1, 2006 I think it's because I added water to the tank in a hurry one day (I had forgotten to top off for a few days). I had to dump half a gallon in there quickly because I was leaving. I remember seeing the pom pom flipping out and going crazy and I think that's when he dropped them. I think I "shocked" him with the top off water. Link to comment
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