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11-28-2004, 02:52 PM
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| | Fire Shrimp
Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Tampa, FL,Florida
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 |  I found something ...
well, I found something in my tank. Actually I good a few of them, whatever they are. I'd like to take a pic, but they hide.
I think they are crabs, but maybe shrimps. The one that I could see a little better looked more like a crab from the body shape. It's red-brown. With at least one big claw (that pretty much all I saw). And it has like feather dusters for arms. So it sits somewhere and all I see are those feathered arms with which this thing is filter feeding.
ah well, and sometimes I see legs of it and they look like spider legs.
Anybody have an idea?
I know, a picture would be great, and it would be great if that thing would just let me see it completely...
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90 gal, 120 lbs sand, 90 pounds live rock (adding), 5 blue-green chromis&&&&10 gal, softies, one Ocellaris Clownfish, one clowngoby, one cbs and lots of rock && | 
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11-28-2004, 03:34 PM
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| | Astrea Snail
Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Grand Junction, Colorado Age: 33
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| Re: I found something ...
Porcelain crabs perhaps? Sounds to me like they filter feed.
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55 gal w/ 20 gal sump, 70 lbs live rock lalo and haitian, 5" dsb, 330 watts pc, various inverts, red firefish, royal gramma, 4 green chromis, yellow tang, montiporas, zoanthids, mushies, candycanes, sps... etc&&
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11-28-2004, 04:06 PM
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| | Eyelash Blennie
Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Lakeland, Fl
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| Re: I found something ...
I have the same crabs (3) in my 20 gal coral tank. They are supposed to be reef safe?
So far they have not attacked any of my corals in the last 2 months.
Jim
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90 Gallon glass, 135#'s of rock and 2" sand. 2-250w 20k XM metal halides. 2-95 watt actinic VHO, 4 powerheads, Coralife skimmer. Maroon Gold Striped Clown, Blue Chromis, Kole Tang, Pygmy Angel, Serpent Star, Brittle Star,Gorgonians, Mushrooms, Yellow Polyps, Turbo Snails & Blue Legged Hermits. 20 gal sump with Caulerpa, Mag 7 return pump. | |
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11-28-2004, 05:47 PM
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| | Fire Shrimp
Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Tampa, FL,Florida
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| Re: I found something ...
yeah, Porcelain crabs they are 
thanks, I looked them up and I'm pretty sure that's, what they are. I'll go look around a little bit since I seem to have so many. | |
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11-28-2004, 06:15 PM
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| | Fire Shrimp
Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Tampa, FL,Florida
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| Re: I found something ...
well, it seams I don't have to worry about them doing anything bad
sounds like they are real nice creatures | |
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11-28-2004, 06:29 PM
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| | Fire Shrimp
Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Tampa, FL,Florida
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| Re: I found something ...
lol, the question now is ... how many are too many?
I just went to the tank with a flashlight to see what I can find. (I'm still trying to find the source of all the klicking, i must have whole families of pistols or mantis' in there). And well, I got a lot of those crabs. And that's an understatement.
maybe 40? they are pretty much everywhere. I've got hundrets of little caves in the rock, and whereever I look, I find one after a while. Only a few (maybe 5) are big, about an inch with claws and legs. The others are all pretty small. And they are all different colored. I guess I'll find out soon if they are really harmless  | |
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11-29-2004, 01:04 AM
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| | Astrea Snail
Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Grand Junction, Colorado Age: 33
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| Re: I found something ...
You could send me a couple. | |
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11-29-2004, 12:58 PM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Los Angeles, California Age: 20
Posts: 3,450
| Re: I found something ...
me too plz ...hmm acutally if u have 40...im not sure if they r...try and get a pic plz...and ur sure they r not feather dusters? _________ Tank Specs:
55 Gallon Mixed Reef
48" Tek Light: 4-54W T5 HO Fluorescents
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1 x 54w Fiji Purple T5 HO Fluorescent
1 x 54w Super Actinic Blue T5 HO Flourescent
1 x 54w 14000K AquaBlue 75/25 T5 HO Fluorescent
1 x 54w 10000k AquaSun T5 HO Fluorescent
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100+ lb. Fiji Live Rock
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11-29-2004, 01:11 PM
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| | Fire Shrimp
Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Tampa, FL,Florida
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| Re: I found something ...
absolutely sure (that they are not feather dusters). I looked at them closely last night, when the lights were off. I tried pics, but they didn't come out at all. they are jus small crabs, with those feathered arms. Not all of them are nice and shiny though. Some look a little more "rough" | |
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11-29-2004, 05:30 PM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Los Angeles, California Age: 20
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| Re: I found something ...
hmm...well i have no idea try and get a pic, buy a red lense for ur flash light lol | |
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