Arrow crab vs goby and flame hawk

[Nu-Nu the eel]

Hello guys... I have always loved arrow crabs and i want to know if it would get eaten by my 10" engineer goby or my flame hawk fish..... Any opinions would be veryyyy helpful!

 

[Mrc8858]

10" ....wow lol can't answer you though sorry jack

 

[Nu-Nu the eel]

10" ....wow lol can't answer you though sorry jack

Haha thanks, no problem! I mean... He is long but his mouth isnt very big so i cant see him doing much harm unless he was really pissed or hungery... Maybe someone has tried this. Im more concerned abou the flame hawk though because they have a good reputation for eating inverts :/

 

[Kio707]

Arrow crab has defenses... It'll be fine. Goby wont touch it.

 

[Nu-Nu the eel]

Arrow crab has defenses... It'll be fine. Goby wont touch it.

Well that would be great! How about the flame?

And could the arrow attack a small clown?

 

[Kio707]

Well that would be great! How about the flame?

And could the arrow attack a small clown?

If its big enough, yes. The flame should be fine too... Y fight for food when u got someone stuffing ur belly? Lol...

 

[Nu-Nu the eel]

I am soo down to get one!

 

[obscurereef]

Congrats for your soon to be newly acquired arrow crab! Fell in love with them before I knew how aggressive they could be.

 

[Gboy66]

Congrats for your soon to be newly acquired arrow crab! Fell in love with them before I knew how aggressive they could be.

Should we not get one? How are they with corals, hermits, and snails? Im worried it would become dinner for the flamehawk, monster goby, or the marine betta!

How about coral banded shrimp..how are they?

 

[obscurereef]

I don't have one, but read before that when large enough they can pick on or catch slow and small enough fish or inverts (might pick on snails). I'm sure those fish will be fine. Could probably catch a small goby if they were hungry enough. I don't think the engineer goby would eat the arrow crab, but don't have one so wouldn't know. I read numerous times that coral banded shrimp ARE mean. Will pick on fish and I think even corals. It's a gamble b/c there's always different personalities and scenarios.

 

[obscurereef]

If you have bristle worms and want to keep them, the arrow crab would definitely eat them. Don't know if you'd really care about that though.

 

[Gboy66]

If you have bristle worms and want to keep them, the arrow crab would definitely eat them. Don't know if you'd really care about that though.

Nah i could care less about those, not sure if we even have any!

Well ya, we have no slow fish and i would like to get one! We'll make sure we find a bigger one when we look for it!

 

[obscurereef]

Awesome! I'm sure there will be one person who comes over and thinks you put a huge spider in your tank or something

 

[Nu-Nu the eel]

We are definitly getting one maybe tomorrow!

 

[Beengirl]

Arrow crabs are cool, and they're kind cute when small. Was gonna get one, then saw a really big one, and..... Yeah, not so cute then. Lol. I also heard that they can eat small fish when they get big, and since I have mostly small fish, I didn't get one. Good luck with yours!! They are cool to watch.

 

[Nu-Nu the eel]

We bought one. His name is pin head larry.

 

[obscurereef]

Lol. Nice name. I bet he's very interesting to watch.

 

[Beengirl]

We bought one. His name is pin head larry.

Lmao!! That's hilarious! How big is pinhead? Pics or it didn't happen.

 

[Nu-Nu the eel]

Decent size! Ugly little guy but pretty cool!

 

[obscurereef]

That thing looks like it came from a horror movie! If that was a bug, not a crab, I would never want to hold or be near that thing. Epic member though