Reef Crabs

[Munchkin041804]

I recently bought 2 reef crabs for my Pico tank. It has been almost two weeks and they still have not come out from under my live rock. Are they this shy? I have some bubble algae I was hoping they would eat, but they haven't touched it. I know they are not dead, since they moved further under the rock when I did my last water change.

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[dingusplease]

I recently bought 2 reef crabs for my Pico tank. It has been almost two weeks and they still have not come out from under my live rock. Are they this shy? I have some bubble algae I was hoping they would eat, but they haven't touched it. I know they are not dead, since they moved further under the rock when I did my last water change.

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Some varieties are nocturnal or naturally hiders. What species are we talking about exactly?

 

[Munchkin041804]

I believe they are the same family as emerald crabs, Mithraculus

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[dingusplease]

Did some research, and apparently these guys hide most of the time, but they really help with gha. Cool crab!

 

[PrettyFish]

I got two yesterday for my 29g and one was "dancing" on one of my snails right away- the other hid.

 

[10gal_nano]

I believe they're called strawberry crabs

 

[Munchkin041804]

@ PrettyFish- that it's so funny!!!!!! Thanks everyone for the input. One of mine has started to come out more. I believe the other has died. I have some bristle worms that were hitchhikers on my live rock, and I think they killed the poor thing. Im going to make a trap Wednesday and catch those suckers!

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[Munchkin041804]

Mine is finally coming out! Usually in the morning. I really love it, it brings some color to the tank!

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[dingusplease]

Lol I love their eyes (I just had to make a picture of them )

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[10gal_nano]

Lol I love their eyes (I just had to make a picture of them )

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Haha that's great!

 

[dingusplease]

Thanks