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01-15-2009, 07:11 PM
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When I moved my crabs + snails from the old tank to the new one I caught most of them by hand but I wasn't sure if a few stragglers were left hiding in the sand, so I set up a little tupperware in the tank, covered in bridal veil with a little slit in it so if they were persistant enough they copuld get in, baited it with frozen fish food and waited till the next morning. 4 crabs and 2 snails!
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01-15-2009, 08:50 PM
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Just a chunk of frozen fish food, weighted down with a little bit of rubble.
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01-15-2009, 09:45 PM
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Arrow crabs are NOT scavengers. you may get told that but in my experiences they like to try and catch fish and will prey on most anything that is slow and cant defend itself.
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01-15-2009, 10:10 PM
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 I would think it most likely that your arrow crab did the killing and then whatever you saw dart away when you clicked on the lights was the actual scavenger... Just my best guess.
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01-16-2009, 01:44 AM
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Have you considered just purchasing more snails?
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01-16-2009, 06:45 AM
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I didn't buy the arrow crab to kill my snails, I thought that he would be a good addition and take care of the tank and get along with everyone else.
I really like arrow crabs, they are very interesting creatures. But I don't want to have to deal with snails dying every other few days and me having to spend 30 bucks a month on feeding the crab w/ snails. The weird part was that the snail didn't look chewed, or anything, it just had a ton of slime on it. Hopefully I'll get something that works with the tank a bit better.
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