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Posted: December 23 2008 at 9:38pm |
this crab will not stay off my shelf . i have knocked him off 5 or 6 times.
he went 2 days without moving from his spot. i knocked him off a minute ago,
went back to the fish room and there he was treking up the rock back to his throne.
i wouldent care but he picks the same place every time, so in that spot you
can see a faint white spot. the size of his shell. all the polyps are there, just
a little whiter because it does not get as much light.
any one else have this kind of experience?
Edited by reefjumper - December 23 2008 at 9:39pm
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Dion Richins
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Posted: December 23 2008 at 10:57pm |
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Ive got one that hangs on my purple plate. It hasn't seemed to harm anything.
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Posted: December 23 2008 at 10:59pm |
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I guess you will only have a spot that is white. Leave him there.
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Posted: December 23 2008 at 11:17pm |
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do you guys know if this is a natural thing you would see in the reef. i think its funny that he will not stop getting on the shelf.
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Posted: December 23 2008 at 11:34pm |
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He hangs out up there so he can check out all the girl crabs stroll by...
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Posted: December 24 2008 at 12:48am |
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My electric blue and scarlet reef hermits will climb to the top of my corals and sit there for days while they molt.
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Posted: December 24 2008 at 12:50am |
 jfinch wrote:
He hangs out up there so he can check out all the girl crabs stroll by... |
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Posted: December 24 2008 at 9:18am |
I don't know about in the wild but it has been normal in my tanks.
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Posted: December 24 2008 at 10:23am |
My sister see's me doing this with my crabs, and moving them to different parts of the tank or putting them in the sump....her reply "you can play god with whats in your tank, but you can't play god with their free will" My response, "Take this" as i throw the crab at for eating my SPS.
I bet that crab is a Maroon reddish left handed crab huh? I got rid of a bunch from my tank. They would graze for a day and then go back to their coral of choice and stay in the branches for days on end without moving then graze and then do the ruotine over and over.
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Posted: December 24 2008 at 10:40am |
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he is more of a teal body with faint purple ends on his legs.
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Posted: December 24 2008 at 11:04am |
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Thank you soundsurfer for the quote from you sis, I always say I have a tank so I can play god!!
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I dont mean to brag but, yeah it's 6ft long.
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Posted: December 24 2008 at 11:05am |
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Mine like to climb up the conners of the tank EVERY night.. WHY??????
Edited by Rioreefer - December 24 2008 at 11:06am
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I dont mean to brag but, yeah it's 6ft long.
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