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alpha123
04-20-2008, 11:27 AM
Hi folks,
I have been trying to find a crab for my new tank. Wonder if you have any suggestion. What I am looking or is:
1. Not growing too big (2-3")
2. Not TOO aggressive toward fish and coral. (I am willing to accept some losts but not a total cannae.)
3. Not disappearing into caves (If they gonna hide, I might as well let them do that in the occean. The "skunk shrimp of crab")
4. Not looking like a snail. ;-) .
catpicklesdog
04-20-2008, 11:33 AM
Be prepared to open the can of "crab hating" worms on this one.:grinyes:
Personally I don't have a problem with crabs (no other way of re-phrasing it!!!). I have blue legs, red legs, zebra legs and 2 emerald crabs.
But if I could get the crab I wanted, it would be a porcelain crab!
alpha123
04-20-2008, 11:58 AM
Personally I don't have a problem with crabs
Good to hear! Though usually not the first question I ask people... ;-)
Be prepared to open the can of "crab hating" worms
It is that bad? I don't mind as long as the "hating" is not accidently directed toward me.
So PORCELAIN it is! do I hear a higher bidder?
PORCELAIN GOING ONCE! ...
lanimret
04-20-2008, 12:54 PM
I love my Porcelain crab, I was buying a very healthy Condy and he was attached to it and simply was not going to let go. So I bought him too.
He's been the easiest purely decorative thing in the tank to care for. Very neat little animal to watch too.
alpha123
04-20-2008, 1:37 PM
PORCELAIN GOING TWICE! ...
Reefscape
04-20-2008, 2:02 PM
Good to hear! Though usually not the first question I ask people... ;-)
It is that bad? I don't mind as long as the "hating" is not accidently directed toward me.
So PORCELAIN it is! do I hear a higher bidder?
PORCELAIN GOING ONCE! ...
There'll be no hatin here.... ;)
Make the pocellanidae a shout for me too :)
alpha123
04-20-2008, 3:44 PM
SOLD! porcelain is now the KING OF CRABS.
It appears everyone agree that if you have to get crab, this is the crab to get.
journey0820
04-20-2008, 4:18 PM
I totally agree about the porcelain crab. They rock. I have an emerald crab that I like alot and he hasn't been too rough on anybody yet. My second favorite crab after the porcelain is my caulerpa crab. I love him...always out in the open, always doing something entertaining...never hating on my coral or other inverts.
Agree on th eprocelain, as well. I have two, both doing well. Also have an anenome crab that is doing well so far.
journey0820
04-20-2008, 10:39 PM
Agree on th eprocelain, as well. I have two, both doing well. Also have an anenome crab that is doing well so far.
I've heard that because they anemone (pom pom crab?) is a type of decorator that he will hurt corals etc by trying to decorate with them. Is this true in your experience?
ChangDriX
04-21-2008, 1:54 AM
i dig the spider decorator! always out, mobile frag machine! no problems YET
I've heard that because they anemone (pom pom crab?) is a type of decorator that he will hurt corals etc by trying to decorate with them. Is this true in your experience?
A pom pom crab isn't the same as an anemone crab. An anemone crab is a filter feeder like a porcelain crab is.
I love both the anemone and porcelain crabs I've had.
SpockthePuffer
04-21-2008, 7:09 AM
How much do porcelain crabs usually cost? I really would like to get a crab since I'm pretty much fully stocked on fish but I don't want to shell out a ton of money if my lovely little valentini puffer is going to try and munch on it!
I've seen them between $7 and $19.