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03-15-2005, 07:54 PM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Los Angeles, California Age: 21
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|  Re: Mystery Crab has a bad day
um kinda looks like a emrald crab...idk why but mine didnt last very long.. i dont know if they just die quickly or what...if that is an emerald that is . _________ Tank Specs:
55 Gallon Mixed Reef
48" Tek Light: 4-54W T5 HO Fluorescents
Bulbs:
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
Hard Stuff:
100+ lb. Fiji Live Rock
65+ lb. Live sand
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03-19-2005, 10:17 AM
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| | KingFish
Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Pt. Richmond, Ca. Age: 38
Posts: 7,484
   | Re: Mystery Crab has a bad day
Wow he is having a bad day. 
Pretty color.
I bet Gresham would know what he was.
Sorry for your loss. :'( | |
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03-19-2005, 11:36 AM
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| | Whip-Lash Squid
Join Date: May 2004 Location: PhillySuburbs, Pennsylvania Age: 42
Posts: 2,947
| Re: Mystery Crab has a bad day
Perhaps the crab just molted? If there is a bigger one just like that one.....? _________  I Love My Sig By John Hawkins!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Date Started 9/04 58 gallon Oceanic Tank, 20 gal DIY sump/fuge w/ Kent Marine Auto top-off, Air Water Ice RO/DI, 10,000 K 175 W MH, 2 VHO 03's 96W each, AquaC EV 120 Skimmer
80 lbs LR, DSB in FUGE, 1 - 2 " LS in tank
Black Brittle Star, Chevron Tang, Crocea Clam, red & green Lobophyllia, Frogspawn, Porites Frag, Caulastrea Frag, Green Ricordia, Asst. Zoas, hermits, astreas, stomatellas, fighting conch  | |
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03-19-2005, 12:29 PM
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| | Whip-Lash Squid
Join Date: May 2004 Location: PhillySuburbs, Pennsylvania Age: 42
Posts: 2,947
| Re: Mystery Crab has a bad day
Yup! Molts of my shrimp even had anntennae! gross if you ask me!
My hermit crab molts I swore were dead crabs too! | |
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03-19-2005, 05:58 PM
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| | Spanish Shawl Nudibranch
Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Downriver, Michigan
Posts: 81
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 | Re: Mystery Crab has a bad day
YA. As BL said, they molt everything, and you do not know if they are dead or it is the skin until you see them moving. What is worse, is that they always turn from a lizard into Godzilla after they molt.
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46 gallon bow front, 62lbs Fiji/Tonga live rock, 312 watts T-5 lighting, 75lbs sand. Seaclone 100.
Emerald Crab, Blue Leg hermits, Astrea Snails, Sand Sifting Star, Mini Brittles, 2 Ocellaris Clowns, 2 Blue-Green Chromis, 2 Yellowtail Damsels, 1 Blue Damsel, Sebae Anemone(getting huge).
Button Polyps, Starburst polyps, Sunburst polyps, Pink Polyps,Teal Polyps, Green Polyps, Galaxea, Green Goniopora, Red Shroom, Green/Blue Ricordea shrooms, Green Blastomussa Merletti. | |
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03-20-2005, 06:34 AM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Los Angeles, California Age: 21
Posts: 3,451
| Re: Mystery Crab has a bad day
lol | |
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