Unwanted crabs...?

toytech · #1 01-21-2011, 03:52 AM

Everyone seems to be drinking the bristleworm haterade latley , i have hundereds in my 15 gal nano they come out of everywhere , the rocks ,the sand , and honestly the tank has never been so clean .Any leftover food is gone in minutes , and they dont bother my corals or fish .Granted if they get big they get REALLY creepy but i wouldent worry about the little ones , and besides if theres one there are probably many , many , more .

Bloodasp · #2 01-21-2011, 04:03 AM

I wonder why I spend a lot of time saving bristle worms from being flushed down the drain every time I clean my tank. I don't really see a reason why one would take those guys out.

Jenn_737700 · #3 01-21-2011, 04:44 AM

Thanks everyone

yeah ill probably leave the worms alone and see if anyone wants the crab.

GMGQ · #4 01-21-2011, 09:31 PM

I have/had a MONSTER crab at the back of my 70gallon. I saw him a few months ago, but I havent seen him lately (then again I havent been looking). His shell is about the size of an Extra Large Chicken Egg (yes it's actually oval shaped like an egg).

What's freaky is that I recently found a snail cemetary at the back right corner of my tank! I was reaching back there to find some rubble, and I grabbed a HANDFUL of shells :S There's too many of them in that corner to be a coincidence. Then I was looking through one of the caves around there, and saw a conch shell and some other shells SHOVED into a crevice in the cave. WTF!!! It's like this crab is displaying his hunting trophies in his cave. Maybe I'll call him the Predator...

I recently got 2 turbo snails... So we'll see if they survive in a couple of weeks...