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  1. mike007

    mike007 Sea Dragon

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    This is only a 3 pound piece that I bought to seed my dry rock with! It's the only rock in the tank now! I guess my LFS has great diverse rock!:)

    Check out my build thread in my sig to see the piece.
     
    mike007, Jan 21, 2011
    mike007, Jan 21, 2011
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  2. Clonefarmer

    Clonefarmer Millepora

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    Nice piece of rock! It looks like it has a couple colors of coralline and some other cool stuff. Should be easy enough to nab all the bad hitchhikers off of it too.
     
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    Clonefarmer, Jan 21, 2011
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  3. ingtar_shinowa

    ingtar_shinowa Giant Squid

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    seriously consider the glass trap. Catches alot of the buggers with little effort.
     
    ingtar_shinowa, Jan 21, 2011
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  4. mike007

    mike007 Sea Dragon

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    glass trap? little effort?

    please do explain. ;D
     
    mike007, Jan 21, 2011
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  5. ingtar_shinowa

    ingtar_shinowa Giant Squid

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    take a smallish glass. Place it upright next to your live rock piece if possible, the place a bit of shrimp in the bottom. The crabs with that night want to go get the food, they can climb in the glass but since its slick they cant climb out. Works very well, but often times shrimp and fish will steal the food, so there is that.
     
    ingtar_shinowa, Jan 22, 2011
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  6. mike007

    mike007 Sea Dragon

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    That worked wonderfully! Thanks! K+ to you.

    Now, I don't really know if this second crab is a gorilla as well...

    ID please? LOL

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    Sorry to open this up again, but I'm just not sure. Thanks everyone.
     
    mike007, Feb 12, 2011
    mike007, Feb 12, 2011
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  7. Clonefarmer

    Clonefarmer Millepora

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    White, Hairy and dark tip claws. It has all the markings of a Gorilla Crab.
     
    Clonefarmer, Feb 12, 2011
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  8. mike007

    mike007 Sea Dragon

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    Sweet. Well he's outta there so I'm happy.

    Thanks Clonefarmer. K+
     
    mike007, Feb 12, 2011
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