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Porcelain Crabs

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Topic: Porcelain Crabs

Posted By: jordanh
Subject: Porcelain Crabs
Date Posted: May 17 2005 at 10:30pm

Does anyone know if porcelain crabs ( neopetrolisthes ohshimai I think ) are strictly filter feeders, or are they scavengers too? I would like to keep one in a smaller aquarium but only if it can do without a lot of planktonic food. Here is a link to a picture of the kind I am wondering about: http://www.divegallery.com/Porcelain_crabs.htm

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Posted By: derikhills
Date Posted: May 18 2005 at 9:45am

Mine will eat just about anything, i have fed it cyclpoese, frozen brine, and even a chunk of cocktail shrimp. It doesn't seem ideal for him to tear up large peices of food, but anything smaller like brine shrip he will definitely eat. I highly recomend this crab, they are so cool to watch, perched with thoes bristled claws hanging in the curent. I can actually feed mine by hand now wich is cool.