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Old 06-22-2009, 12:00 AM
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I've been isolating all of the big hitch hiker crabs that I find in my tank into an area in my sump. I've thrown about 5 in there and I'm pretty sure there is only 1 left as it must have killed all of the others. They're opportunistic omnivorous and the only one I trust is the porcelain crab.
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Old 06-22-2009, 02:26 AM
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Kind of frustrating when you spend alot of money on the crabs and they kill themselves off! Do poralin crabs clean as well as hermits? I know they filter the water.
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Old 06-22-2009, 06:32 AM
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Porcelain crabs only feed from the water column so they wont help with any problem algae or uneaten food. http://liveaquaria.com/product/prod_...629&pcatid=629
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Old 06-22-2009, 02:43 PM
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Crabs is crabs....best quote from this thread.... " they are opportunistic."
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Mmm crab legs
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i had a blue legged hermit kill all my others too, but only when i was cylcing... Somone told me that nitrite and amonia spikes make crabs crazy... and once my levels balanced out he stoped with his killing... hes almost one year sober... now he likes to knock corals over.
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i had a blue legged hermit kill all my others too, but only when i was cylcing... Somone told me that nitrite and amonia spikes make crabs crazy... and once my levels balanced out he stoped with his killing... hes almost one year sober... now he likes to knock corals over.
Too funny, I think everyone has this problem. The other day I finally attached all my frags to LR. Blasted crabs!
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