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05/11/2017, 07:03 AM | #1 |
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Your Favorite TBS Critters?
These guys are ALWAYS a treat for me.
The beautiful and entertaining Porcelain Crab. I love watching them wave their arms, catching debris in their fans. What's your favorite?
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Love them also! My new fav is a sally lightfoot crab. Creepy but intriguing.
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05/11/2017, 08:02 AM | #3 |
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Porcelain crabs are my favorite too. I think I got over a dozen in a 15lb package. Ha.
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How about this guy?
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What is that? Looks like something from Star Wars
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05/11/2017, 02:43 PM | #6 |
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Decorator crab... we call ours Megatron since we thought he looked like a Transformer.
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05/11/2017, 03:04 PM | #7 |
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I say... Alien.
Here's another one of those.
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05/12/2017, 06:03 AM | #9 |
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Depends. If they stick to sponges and that sort of thing they can stay. If they start walking off with jawbreaker mushrooms... that changes everything. lol
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Mine seems to like zoas, but only specific zoas. Either that or he just likes to clip in waves and I haven't picked up the pattern yet. But he'll go after just one zoa of the multiple types I have until that zoa is obliterated. I was wondering if there was a way to trick them into going for something that I don't care about. Maybe sticking in some macro algae every now and then just for him or something. |
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05/12/2017, 12:32 PM | #11 |
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My red mithrax is super cool and a busy busy algae eater. I almost took him out with the forceps but only got a leg before I knew he was friendly.
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05/14/2017, 11:25 AM | #13 |
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Great picture! I need a real camera.
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05/14/2017, 12:56 PM | #14 |
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Ha. That looks just like my little guy. How big is he? Mine has molted twice in the past few weeks and I'm hoping he doesn't get too much bigger.
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Mine has grown a lot too.
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The sponge is close to racquetball size.
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Do you guys feed your critters at all? Or just let them eat leftovers from feeding the fish?
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Mine get whatever they can when I feed. The mithrax does come right up to the pipette so I always give him a little shot. The porcelains go nuts when I stir up detritus of throw some Goniopower in. I had about three decorators but they all vanished.
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05/17/2017, 05:27 PM | #19 |
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These also top my list of favorite TBS hitchhikers.
Can you see the baby Basket Starfish? Unfortunately they don't tend to last very long in our systems.
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Neat!
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05/19/2017, 10:26 AM | #21 |
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Took this vid just a few minutes ago.
Anyone else have one of these? They're a hoot to watch. He's been in my office nano for a couple years. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ln9ivpKBHA
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A ton, but I rarely see them. The amount of sound they produce is crazy. I didn't get a single urchin in my latest batch of live Pukani which surprised me. All of my past orders had lots. Cool video!
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05/19/2017, 04:39 PM | #23 |
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I have at least a handful. I have one that's bright yellow with an orange claw. I hear them pop occasionally but I've never been able to see it happen like that!
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Do any of you dose iodine? I've noticed my decorator crabs really slowing down lately. My water parameters are great and I feed them pieces of silverside a couple times a week that they usually gobble up. I'm wondering if something else might be missing.
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