Stacey the Pom Pom Crab

[heyItzCathan]

I just wanted to share this experience so others may laugh at this.

I’m a new reefer who recently purchased a Pom Pom crab (Stacey) 3 weeks ago. For the past 3 weeks I’ve been worried that it hasn’t eaten as I just never saw it and target feeding was impossible as I just never saw her. On Sunday after RAF, I came home and found her body and just felt overly sad and guilty as I felt like I failed her. I did full tests and everything came up within acceptable parameters but my nitrates were slightly higher than the previous day so I figured it was that or starvation. Gave her a proper funeral which involved a lot of “sorry”.

Fast forward to 2 days (today), I decided to do some coral feeding and as I am watching everyone, Stacey runs out of no where and grabs some mysis shrimp off the floor and quickly runs into a hole in the rocks. I immediately texted my roommate that she’s alive and sent the most blurriest picture that would easily qualify for a Bigfoot sighting picture.

 

[Shnetts]

Ha, when I first got into the hobby my cleaner shrimp did the same thing. Scared me at first, then it was pure confusion on how another shrimp ended up in my tank, then realization.

Glad the crab is ok!

 

[Kmst80]

Yeah...I remember that time I found my hermit crap in the mouth of my button Scolymia just to figure out days later she molted and that was just the molt I saw in the scollys mouth.
My coral banded shrimp nearly got me once too.

 

[Kmst80]

 

[heyItzCathan]

What a picture! That would have sent me into who knows what if I saw that happening lol!