**** hitchhiker crab - Aquarium Advice

gilly · 04-25-2005, 07:07 PM

**** crab ate 2 fire shrimp and my cleaner shrimp. I had not clue why they were missing until i saw a crab munching away on my fire shrimp.

I had my liverock for at least 6months now and this crab came from no where. How can that be possible?

juskeepswiming · 04-25-2005, 07:57 PM

hid in a hole,maybe

badfish · 04-25-2005, 11:01 PM

Ouch, those are expensive meals. Did you see what color his claws were. I have a rock crab that came with my [acronym:bd7490e69f="Live rock"]LR[/acronym:bd7490e69f], all i seen him eat was off the Liverock so far. He has white claws and i beleive they are pretty docile towards fish and inverts. I had my yellow watchman right next to him and he didnt bite him yet. I heard black claw crabs are the ones you have to worry about.

**Fluff** · 04-25-2005, 11:05 PM

It very likely has been hiding in your liverock all this time. I had one for a year I didn't know was there til he was to big to hide anymore. He was decimating my snail population. Between him and a mantis. Most crabs are scavangers though so are you sure he's killing the shrimp, or is he just cleaning it up?

04-25-2005, 07:07 PM	#1
gilly Aquarium Advice Regular Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Vancouver Posts: 60	** hitchhiker crab ** crab ate 2 fire shrimp and my cleaner shrimp. I had not clue why they were missing until i saw a crab munching away on my fire shrimp. I had my liverock for at least 6months now and this crab came from no where. How can that be possible?

04-25-2005, 07:57 PM	#2
juskeepswiming Aquarium Advice Activist Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: stockton CA Posts: 164	hid in a hole,maybe __________________ Saltwater Aquarium Enthusiast (sôltwôtr -kwâr-m n-thz-st) - One bound in servitude as the property of a person, household or object. Synonym - Happiness in slavery

04-25-2005, 11:01 PM	#3
badfish Aquarium Advice Freak Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Albany, NY Posts: 485 Images: 10	Ouch, those are expensive meals. Did you see what color his claws were. I have a rock crab that came with my [acronym:bd7490e69f="Live rock"]LR[/acronym:bd7490e69f], all i seen him eat was off the Liverock so far. He has white claws and i beleive they are pretty docile towards fish and inverts. I had my yellow watchman right next to him and he didnt bite him yet. I heard black claw crabs are the ones you have to worry about. __________________ 50 Gallon Oceanic: 2 maxijet 1200's, 2 150 watt visitherm heaters, BakPak II Skimmer with PS & BT, Coralife Lunar 2X65 watt Power Compacts Filtration: 50lbs [acronym:54f62d7199="Live rock"]LR[/acronym:54f62d7199].com, 60lbs sand Swimmers: 2 O. Clowns, Yellow Watchman, Firefish, Yellow Tang, Dottyback. Clean-Up: Several snail & hermits, Skunk Cleaner, 2 Peps. Corals: 2 zoo colonies, yellow polyps, star polyps

04-25-2005, 11:05 PM	#4
Fluff The Keeper Community Moderator Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: West Virginia Posts: 10,111 Images: 29	It very likely has been hiding in your liverock all this time. I had one for a year I didn't know was there til he was to big to hide anymore. He was decimating my snail population. Between him and a mantis. Most crabs are scavangers though so are you sure he's killing the shrimp, or is he just cleaning it up? __________________ ~Cindy

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