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just got this guy, he is sooooo cool
hmmm, i was expecting an ooohhhh or an ahhhhh perhaps hehe :laugh:
mogurnda
04-25-2004, 2:44 PM
Ooooh! Aaaah!
Sorry, I missed it somehow.
They are great creatures. Just keep an eye on it around sessile invertebrates. They have a tendency to eat just about anything that can't outrun them.
wastememphis
04-25-2004, 4:48 PM
I have one in my reef, hes fairly large now, he hasn't harmed anything other than my bristle worm YAY! (sorry if you have a thing for fire worms) He just hangs out around my toadstool leather all day, I think they have "a thing" for eachother :)
http://aquaticphotos.com/data/media/26/Tank_02-29-04_002.jpg
hehe cool what sessile inverts can they not be around?
mogurnda
04-26-2004, 8:58 AM
They will certainly eat fanworms, and I know people who have watched them eat xenia.
"Reef safe" seems very relative. A lot of people say peppermint shrimp are less destructive than arrow crabs, but I think they just have different diets. Now that the last pep has disappeared from my tank (they all went mysteriously) the terebellid worms are doing great.
If there is a point to this post, it is that almost anything you put in a tank will eat or bother something else. If the arrow crab starts munching on a beloved coral, then it will have to go. Otherwise, they are really cool looking.
oh bummer. i have a feather duster that i love. ill keep an eye on him though
thanx guys
Makaiveli
04-26-2004, 12:50 PM
I despise Arrow Crabs. I once had one...it ate me Gold Banded Shrimp. Eventually i just saw it as a big ugly spider.