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Old 05-28-2005, 10:43 PM   #1 (permalink)
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hello, well i have finally witnessed the horrer that i always suspected...my little acro crab is not a good one...i saw him pulling the poor polyps out and eating them!, how do i get rid of it? thanks


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Move the acro to bucket full of water and get to work with some tweezers?


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Old 05-29-2005, 08:17 AM   #3 (permalink)
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Bruce, What does the crab look like? this is a pic of an acro crab. .......... John
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the crab would look like that but hes covered with brown fuzzy hairs
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i also saw him eating the acros polyps do normal acro crabs do that? and he is growing very fast
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i also saw him eating the acros polyps do normal acro crabs do that? and he is growing very fast
No they don't and they usually stay small (< 0.5" across) with a white body and a black line across the plane of the eyes giving it a bandit look.

http://www.reefcorner.com/SpecimenSheets/acrocrab.htm
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I have them in my Acro's and they look exactly like the one in the picture .......... John
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ya i have one like that in my other acro but this one is fuzzy and brownish! and its growing!!! ahhhh...time to smush
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