Well your crab might be alright. Really depends on a few factors. Could also make cycling your tank much faster. Start feeding slow, if you are getting 0 ammonia after a couple weeks of feeding. You can probably throw a shrimp or crab in there. Then start adding more but do so slowly. If you start getting anything over 0 ammonia, don’t add anything else for awhile. The 2 months to cycle is for dry rock, cured ocean rock will not take that long.
New news, i have three hitchhiker crabs two confirmed porcelain crabs and one bigger worrying other crab
You wanted crabs, these are free!
I am actually ecstatic about the porcelain crabs but the other crab... ill nee to wait and see what it is
Feed them a little bit and check ammonia. Fingers crossed that this rock will cycle your tank fast! It is certainly possible. Live rock also has can have a lot of dying organisms that will cause a lot of ammonia. You will know in a week or two if your ammonia spikes or not.
Probably a good sign you have larger crabs alive though. That makes me think it is very fresh.
I can asure you it is SUPER fresh when i got it it smelled like the ocean
It won’t let me see the videos, I think because I have an iPhone. But sounds like you got a lot of help from others on that thread.
yeah i heard for some reason you cant on iphone ill try something hold on
I would feed like 1/4 cube every day or 2. And test ammonia.
Ok will do
Yea 2 hermit will be fine . Just put plenty of empty shells in for them .
O my bad, I have just had that experience with a small tank and was just giving advice
I don’t see mine for months sometimes. Look for them when you feed, they can smell the food and come out if they are hungry.
I’m sure it can happen especially in a small tank. Maybe more shells would have helped? Hard to say.
Yeah I thought it was so cool seeing them emerge so quickly the minute the food touched the water
