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06/17/2015, 01:05 PM
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Location: Dallas, TX
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Huge thin striped hermit crab
Picked up some chaeto and cured live rock pieces for my refugium the other day. While placing them in fuge I noticed a 2 1/2 inch she'll...looked inside and found a very large (what appears to be) thin striped hermit crab. Did some online research and many say they are reef safe....and many think they are the devil. I placed him in my 90 gallon reef tank and he literally stuffed his face with the patches of algae I have ( tank is about 6 weeks old still). However when it was time for me to leave the tank unattended I put him back in fuge.
What do you guys think? I like him....already named him Deebo bc he's such a big mofo. Think it's ok to leave in display or only under supervision? |
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06/17/2015, 03:14 PM
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I'd not risk it. Usually the only "safe" ones are Blue Legs, Scarlets, Dwarf Zebra and the Electric Blue/Orange ones.
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06/17/2015, 03:55 PM
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LOL and the only "safe" blue legs are the small ones. I've got more in my sump than in my tank. Murderous bastards! The scarlet legs are fine and I do like them.
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Previous tanks: 200 gal fowlr 9" Emperor Angel and many different butterfly fish 4" maroon clown and several other fish, 50 gal sump, 40 gal mixed reef/fish mostly softies and LPS. Current Tank Info: 40b 750 gph 45 lbs lr, 2"-3" sand, 165w full spectrum dimable LED, 20 gal sump/refugium 30 lbs lr, Bak Pak 2 skimmer, 4" sock temp 79-80, sg 1.026, NH3 0, NO2 0, NO3 <10, ph 8.2, calc 400, mag 1300 |
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06/17/2015, 05:24 PM
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I'm a firm believer in an all snail clean up crew. All crabs are murderers (I have actually owned all of them but that is my experience roughly.)
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06/17/2015, 06:10 PM
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Sean, actually the scarlet aren't bad at all. The blue legs however>>>>
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Previous tanks: 200 gal fowlr 9" Emperor Angel and many different butterfly fish 4" maroon clown and several other fish, 50 gal sump, 40 gal mixed reef/fish mostly softies and LPS. Current Tank Info: 40b 750 gph 45 lbs lr, 2"-3" sand, 165w full spectrum dimable LED, 20 gal sump/refugium 30 lbs lr, Bak Pak 2 skimmer, 4" sock temp 79-80, sg 1.026, NH3 0, NO2 0, NO3 <10, ph 8.2, calc 400, mag 1300 |
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06/17/2015, 06:36 PM
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06/17/2015, 07:41 PM
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I too am the proud owner of a crab free Display. Got sick of feeding them snails.
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Current tanks: 100G Cadlights Artisan II mixed reef, 40B sump, AI Hydras, BM Curve 7, RW 8s, Tunze ATO, BRS dual media reactor IM 8G, AI Prime, InTank media basket. |
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06/18/2015, 02:54 AM
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Ooops
Last edited by aredhead; 06/18/2015 at 02:57 AM. Reason: Miss post |
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06/18/2015, 02:55 AM
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Got a pic?
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