YIKES! My anemone has crabs!!!

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  1. david

    david Peppermint Shrimp

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    Check out this little guy I got him last week he lives in my bubble tip anemone. He has awsome little feather duster hands
     

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  2. hoodoo

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    looks like a porcelain crab to me. I have a lot of them in my tank.
    They are filter feeders and pretty cool.
     
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  3. Craig Manoukian

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    Or ye old anemone crab. Good stuff!
     
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  4. david

    david Peppermint Shrimp

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    Yes it is a porcelain crab or anemone crab or porcelain anemone crab.
    The long tentacle anemone has the clowns in it so the BTA used to just be there. Now there's just more going on with him brings a whole new aspect to the BTA. !AWSOME! I love this little guy.
    Do you have anemones hoodoo? Is there more than one crab in an anemone?
     
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    Hi David, I love that little guy. ARe they safe with all of the other corals, or is there anything that they can hurt?
    I'd love to have one for my BTA.

    Cindy
     
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  6. Craig Manoukian

    Craig Manoukian Giant Squid

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    They don't bother anything I'm aware of Cindy.
     
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  7. hoodoo

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    no, I don't have anemones yet. I got keys rock and there were tons of those crabs on em.
    Well, I do have some rock anemones, but the crabs don't seem to care about them. Actually, they don't seem to care about anything ;)
     
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  8. david

    david Peppermint Shrimp

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    I've had this little guy for 2 weeks now and I've never seen him leave the anemone once! ;D
     
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    just like mine. They stay in one spot and don't seem to move around.
     
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    How many of these little guys can you have in a tank? I just have the one BTA.

    Cindy
     
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