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Old 03-01-2014, 07:39 PM   #1
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Bad crab ?
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Just found this guy chowing on my new cleaner wrasse
I dident buy the crab just kinda appeared

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Old 03-09-2014, 03:57 AM   #2
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You mean he ate your fish ?
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Old 03-09-2014, 11:07 AM   #3
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Mithrax crab. I would catch it and remove it
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Cleaner wrasses usually starve to death in closed systems. I'm betting the wrasse died and the crab was just cleaning up the mess. Crabs are not ambush hunters that catch healthy fish. While they would probably grab a fish if they could, they are not built for that kind of action.
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Put him in the sump?
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I would toss him in the sump just to be safe.
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