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I am the Arm...Emerald Crab


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I didn't notice that he was missing and arm when I got him. That must be why when the LFS owner help it up in the bag and said, "Do you still want it?" ... and he only cost $2.50. He's be going to town on my algae!


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Apparently after a couple of molts. I understand the first few molts there is a little gimpy claw inside his shell waiting to come out. It continues to grow and each molt is closer to normal. I am interested to see this process. I will post photos and maybe run a thread in the inverts forum.

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Cool, does it nip on your corals? I almost bought one at the LFS and he said it does nip your corals.

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Haven't had it nip the corals but it does pick of pieces of the nice purple coralline algae.

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RIP Old one arm didn't molt for 2 months, than shortly after he did, I notice that he had not regenerated any of the arm. I was watching closely then noticed he did not move for a day. He was stone cold! He must have been working the hair algea because it is growing quite noticably now and the nutrients haven't changed.

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