Qsilver23t
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Coral banded shrimp eating a porcelain crab...my last one too. I started with three, and a year later I have none. I think this guy was picking them off when they molt.
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Wow that's a little scary, I have some new Florida live rock and have around 6-8 gorilla crabs and 3-5 porceLain crabs I was thinking about getting one of those but haven't investigated them. What does. _Alex_ mean by they are killers will they eat fish? And if he does eat my porcelain's I didn't think they were that important?
NIce picture by the way.
NIce picture by the way.
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Everybody loves crab legs right?? :)
Cool pic but sorry for the loss!
Cool pic but sorry for the loss!
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Qsilver23t
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My coral banded will eat anything, and is very territorial. He did eat a damsel and peppermint shrimp, as well as my porcelain crabs and countless hermit crabs.
Tabasco1
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You gonna keep him? I'd give him the boot!! :)
And to the poster above about gorilla crabs, try to get em out now. They are very predatory, especially as the get bigger. I had tons in my FL LR. Caught out every last one of them. The last one I knew was in there. He was getting bold and looked like he was sitting down to dinner on some CARs and I plucked him out Miagi style with some forcepts!
And to the poster above about gorilla crabs, try to get em out now. They are very predatory, especially as the get bigger. I had tons in my FL LR. Caught out every last one of them. The last one I knew was in there. He was getting bold and looked like he was sitting down to dinner on some CARs and I plucked him out Miagi style with some forcepts!
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+1 definitely extract ASAP...they are a menace! i have a feeling that crab ate an anthias last night. and I have seen him feasting on zoas and corals. tank is tall and he is fast. only reason I havent caught him yet.
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