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03/02/2008, 02:03 PM
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Meaty food
I went to my LFS several weeks ago to pick up some blue legged hermit crabs. Not soon after, one started to molt. I went back to my LFS to see if they had extra shells. They didn't have "packaged" shells but did give me a few extra to tide me over. Well, one of them wasn't empty-looks like a mexican red legged hermit crab.
My question is, those invertibrates that take "meaty" food, such as this crab or the small, reef safe lobsters, what is a good type of food to feed them? |
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03/02/2008, 02:10 PM
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They will eat anything - you can go to a grocery store and get shrimp, clams, fish fairly cheap from the frozen food section near the meat counter. One small bag will last a long time. I have even purchased fresh shrimp 1/4 pound , cut it up , freeze it in small portions. They will scavenge what the fish don't get to.
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Mike Current Tank Info: 90g Reef, SPS, LPS, Anenome, 8 fish, 100 lbs LR, LED only |
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03/02/2008, 02:10 PM
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let them scavage for food, they are part of your clean-up crew. the red leg i would remove, theyre not reef safe, and they are canibalistic.
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GIVE A MAN A FISH, YOU FEED HIM FOR A DAY. TEACH A MAN TO FISH, HE FEEDS HIMSELF FOR LIFE. (NEVER, underestimate another man's greed) Current Tank Info: SPS dominated barebottom display with BB sump since 2005, most consistant parameters in 19+ years of reefkeeping. |
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03/02/2008, 02:24 PM
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just let them scavenge thats there job they will find leftover food from your fish and do fine and i agree remove the red lleg they chewed my bubletip up while the blue legs left it alone
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03/02/2008, 02:25 PM
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OK, thanks for the advice! Just want to make sure I'm not "denying" anybody of food.
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55 gal marine, 1 blue/green chromis, 2 blue damsels, 1 clarkii clown, 1 yellow tang, 2 tube worms, assorted hermit crabs. Current Tank Info: 55 gal marine plus my 20 gal freshwater |
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