First crab recommend

[alpha123]

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]

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]

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]

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]

PORCELAIN GOING TWICE! ...

 

[Reefscape]

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]

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]

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.

 

[Sarra]

Agree on th eprocelain, as well. I have two, both doing well. Also have an anenome crab that is doing well so far.

 

[journey0820]

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?