Puffer and horseshoe crab

[Mike7744]

I have a Fowler tank, with no invertebrates. I would like to add a horseshoe crab. I'm wondering if it would be dinner for my 2 puffers? Or my snowflake eel.
Any suggestions ? It's a 125 gal tank.

 

[Mike Sydney]

I have a Fowler tank, with no invertebrates. I would like to add a horseshoe crab. I'm wondering if it would be dinner for my 2 puffers? Or my snowflake eel.
Any suggestions ? It's a 125 gal tank.

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[PPBlimpy]

My horseshoe crab and porcupine lived happily for a long time. I am transferring tanks/moved and had them in a bare bottom tank and my porcupine took a nice big bite out of the horseshoe crab. Probably because he has no where to hide currently. So use caution

 

[Cheese Griller]

a 125 is not big enough for a horseshoe crab. They also require established setups when young because they feed on microorganisms in the sand.

 

[bubble.of.zen]

I have a Fowler tank, with no invertebrates. I would like to add a horseshoe crab. I'm wondering if it would be dinner for my 2 puffers? Or my snowflake eel.
Any suggestions ? It's a 125 gal tank.

I am looking for a good home for our horseshoe crab "Cruiser" because he has outgrown my 36 gallon over the past year. I wish I had researched them first, but it was an impulse buy because I thought they looked so cool and alien-like. I had never seen one in anyone else's tank before. Granted, I took 20 years off from this beautiful hobby and a lot has changed. Anyway, Lfs owner said a 36 gallon would be fine for him as long as I had at least 3 inches of sand.
So a lesson learned. He would probably be fine in a 125 for quite a while, but might outgrow it- more than likely. I won't step foot into an Lfs unless I know exactly why I'm there ( mostly for copepods).
Good luck with your adventure!