Decorator Crab

jorjef · #1 08-12-2010, 07:09 PM

Does anyone have any experience with these? I guess they would be somewhat reef safe... Looking for peoples stories good or bad.

parkinsn · #2 08-12-2010, 10:15 PM

I had one for about a year in a 90g. It was pretty cool, always had zoa's, sponge, and whatever eles it could find to stick on itself. Never really "hurt" anything. It would however steal shrimp off some of the corals that I would spot feed and walk on coral without regard for them (always my green bubble that did not like it). Other than that it was pretty sweet till it eventually withered away, not sure if they are good long term in a tank though. Only really saw it after lights out.

Lance · #3 08-12-2010, 10:29 PM

KILL IT!!! All crabs are evil!

jorjef · #4 08-12-2010, 10:47 PM

lol I havn't even bought it yet, But I could throw it under my front tire as I drive away from the LFS.... I have some others I would ike to get rid of.... A red little guy that always sits in my Sun Coral after lights out, other white one that likes burrowing under the rocks, another brownish hairy guy that lives in the rocks...OHHH and the Mantis I'm going to silicone him in his hole one day!!!!!

lastlight · #5 08-12-2010, 11:01 PM

I'm with Lance. I've tried giving all manner of crabs a chance or two over the years and now I'm thru. When my hermits pass on I won't even replace them.

Too bad. I love crabs.

jorjef · #6 08-12-2010, 11:42 PM

I do have a Hermit that really is starting to be a pain in arse.....Stomps all over my Tougue Coral.... doesn't seem to hurt it but I don't like it. I'm always yelling at him for one reason or another. I usually toss him in the back behind the rocks ...... maybe crabs ARE EVIL!!!!. I'll go for some pep shrimps instead lol