pitho crabs?

[tuscani]

Anyone have experience with pitho crabs? I bought two from reef cleaners to help with bubble algae. It has been a week and they just hide in the sand. LOL

 

[Sharkbait19]

They like to come out in the evening/at night. The few I’ve had were all variable in how active they were (none as much as my first one). They are great cleaners even if you don’t see it.

 

[Pennywise67]

I've got 7 or 8 them from both Reef cleaners and salty bottom. From small to big ones. They are always out in the evening/night/morning cleaning. They bury during the day but you can see them even then sticking their claws put and picking at rocks. they really put a dent in my bubble algae.

 

[tuscani]

Ok good to know.. I have not seen them out in evening or at night though.. I will keep an eye out :)

 

[vetteguy53081]

Anyone have experience with pitho crabs? I bought two from reef cleaners to help with bubble algae. It has been a week and they just hide in the sand. LOL

These are crabs I trust and are good workers when it comes to nuisance algaes

 

[Baby Damsel 219]

emerald crabs help with bubble aglea but are known to pick ast lps corals males are the better ones.

 

[Baby Damsel 219]

emerald crabs help with bubble algae but are known to pick at LPS corals. males are the better ones.

 

[legionofdoon]

I have a few, it'll take awhile but they do take care of bubble algae. They burrow most of the day. I have one who likes to snug up under the polyps of my Duncan but doesn't seem to bother it. They also do a good job of keeping the sand stirred.

 

[JoJosReef]

Mixed success for me with Pithos. My most recent is excellent with the bubble algae. My previous ones were more "pets" than CUC, though, since I fed them extra nori--I don't feed this one and he's been scouring the tank cleaning. I'll get a patch of bubble algae growing that will go for days untouched and then suddenly gone one morning.

Love Pithos and never had a problem with one harming corals, except for occasionally burying itself and knocking over a loose sand bed frag.

 

[legionofdoon]

They don't move much in the daylight

 

[legionofdoon]

You can barely see this one but he's under the polyps on the left side