Shane,
Something you just said hit me about Emeralds.
You mentioned removing the hairy ones. When you
said that, did you mean the Emeralds with lots
of hair on their legs?
If so, here is some info. I have had great success
with Emeralds in the past for bubble algae control.
However, the latest 2 that I've added have done
Jack - nothing, nodda, etc. They refuse to eat it.
One thing though, the legs are really hairy. It's
an Emerald for sure, just that I don't remember my
other Emeralds having so much hair on their body.
Are there Emeralds with and without hair?
Just thought I'd ask.
Have a good one.
-scottf
-----Original Message-----
From: Shane Clays [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2001 8:13 AM
To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
Subject: RE: crab
My advice, next time, no matter how tired you are, if there is a crab that
is eating your coral, get it out of there (if you can). You may not get the
opportunity to do it again. As for crabs in a reef, other than the crabs
that live in coral (and don't eat it) I don't like them. I have heard
Emerald Crabs work nicely, but I have also heard of them eating polyps and
such. They are good scavengers though, so maybe concentrate on removing the
hairy ones and leaving the others. See how that works...
FWIW
Shane C.
-----Original Message-----
From: Jimmy Hoo [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2001 3:56 AM
To: ReefKeepers
Cc: ReefKeeping
Subject: crab
Dear list,
Two weeks ago I removed a 2cm hairy crab from my tank because I saw
him
striped out my bird nest coral within 3-4 days. Actually I have seen
him
amongst the coral since I have it (approx 2 mothns). But one day I
found my
bird nest striped out and the crab had moved to another bird nest
frag and
also he started to eat it. So now I already have it removed.
Last night I found another hairy crab (1 cm)in my other tank. And he
also
ate my red pipe coral. I was too sleepy to remove it, so I just
drived him
away.
So do you think crab is a no-no to a reef tank? What about other
species?
Because I have anothers (w/o hair) who had grown up to 4cm and 2cm
but I
never saw them do any damage to my reeftank.
TIA,
Jim.
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