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08-01-2006, 10:59 PM
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| Chairman of the board  Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: queens
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anyone know if this acro crab is safe? he is kinda hairy n blends into the acro well. i saw him looking like picking on the polyps with his claws n eating. should i evict this guy?
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08-01-2006, 11:30 PM
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| Chairman of the board Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: queens
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heres the little bugger evicted. i think he's eating my acro. i heard hairly ones r not good. he actually was on a smaller acro i got from deepwater. he was much smaller then. |
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08-02-2006, 10:02 AM
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| chicks dig beckett men  Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Brooklyn
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1st one looks bad. 2nd one looks like a typical acro crab. I've got several of those living in my acros. If you guys caught the Blue Planet Coral Seas on Discovery, you would see that some of these crabs are benefical to acros. If these little crabs can defend an acropora against something like a crown of thorns, I'm wondering if they can help protect against any of the pests we get in out own tanks, like acro eating stars, red bugs, AEFW.
__________________ chris 95 gallon terrapin tank. My reef crashed... again.
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08-02-2006, 10:24 AM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: ridgefield nj
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cook 1st one 2nd one is safe
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08-02-2006, 11:01 AM
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| Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Port Washington
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Second crab is good,I have three of them on my Pocillopora that I purchased from Ronen.Those crabs have a symbiotic relationship with the coral.Check out the link below. http://www.imagequest3d.com/pages/ar.../trapezius.htm |
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08-02-2006, 11:12 AM
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| chicks dig beckett men Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Brooklyn
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good article Alex.
__________________ chris 95 gallon terrapin tank. My reef crashed... again.
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