[Nikki]

No crabs are supposedly coral safe, but the fish store people tell you anything. We have some hitchiker crabs that we haven't been able to get out and they aren't very big but one hurt a piece of coral we bought-a xenia.

[longtran]

Originally Posted by Nikki

No crabs are supposedly coral safe, but the fish store people tell you anything. We have some hitchiker crabs that we haven't been able to get out and they aren't very big but one hurt a piece of coral we bought-a xenia.

he said the crabs with green claws are coral safe.??

[Nikki]

you're not talking about hermits with shells are you? those are safe for anything but the kind of crabs without the shells are not.

[viper531]

longtran, i think you might have gotten an emerald crab. they are not always reef safe...as long as it has algae to feed off of, you should be fine.

[lux.sh]

Originally Posted by sharp1183

sharp you bastard, free that nemo RIGHT NOW.

[longtran]

Originally Posted by Nikki

you're not talking about hermits with shells are you? those are safe for anything but the kind of crabs without the shells are not.

no, i got 5 hermit crabs 2 mexican turbo snail and one crab.

Originally Posted by viper531

longtran, i think you might have gotten an emerald crab. they are not always reef safe...as long as it has algae to feed off of, you should be fine.

aww crapper. i have plenty of algae. but still, i dont want it to mees with the reef when i add them in..

[Nikki]

I'd bring it back, no good. Yell at them saying it isn't reef safe and demand a full refund.

[longtran]

it kinda look like this guy. but mine have all these algae on it.

[longtran]

Originally Posted by Nikki

I'd bring it back, no good. Yell at them saying it isn't reef safe and demand a full refund.

yeah, but its gonna be impossible to take that guy out. no worth 6 bucks to make a mess and time.

[Nikki]

Yeah any crab that doesn't have a shell is no good. Right now he'd probably be great to clean up the algae but you don't want to risk it and they're suckers to try to get out so get him while you can still find him.

[Nikki]

Oh, that stinks, yeah we have one in our tank, not like that a different kind, that hurt one of our corals but we can't get it out.

[longtran]

Originally Posted by Nikki

Oh, that stinks, yeah we have one in our tank, not like that a different kind, that hurt one of our corals but we can't get it out.

another thing is, the store is located in OC which is 35 minutes away from me. o well. we will see how it goes. hopefully all the corals will be up top. it never seem to go on the top to clean. maybe the current is too high.

[viper531]

yep, that is an emerald crab. i have one and it hasn't been a menace yet in my reef, but i would keep an eye on it after you add your corals.

[RBBMWE46M3]

see if they will sell you a pistol shrimp

[longtran]

Originally Posted by RBBMWE46M3

see if they will sell you a pistol shrimp

i dont get it.

[RBBMWE46M3]

Just kidding...you really dont want one of these in your tank! they are beautiful though

[viper531]

pistol shrimps make these annoying clicking sounds and they like to redo your landscaping.

[deutschmann59]

Originally Posted by lux.sh

sharp you bastard, free that nemo RIGHT NOW.

Ha ha! Actually, I've never seen the movie, but everyone always likes that one the best. He's been in there the longest, almost a year. The angel died since I took that pic, and so has the sunflower coral.

I'm THINKING about converting to a fish-only and putting coral skeletons in. I haven't decided yet...but what's throwing me off is all the other corals are doing awesome, and they're actually spreading to different parts of the tank. Since that last pic, I have chopped up those big rocks into smaller ones (so they don't look like they came from my driveway anymore ) but it's strange. I'll monitor it for a few more months to see what I want to do.

It could be that some of the corals I first put in and died were just sick or in bad shape from the beginning

[longtran]

Originally Posted by sharp1183

Ha ha! Actually, I've never seen the movie, but everyone always likes that one the best. He's been in there the longest, almost a year. The angel died since I took that pic, and so has the sunflower coral.

I'm THINKING about converting to a fish-only and putting coral skeletons in. I haven't decided yet...but what's throwing me off is all the other corals are doing awesome, and they're actually spreading to different parts of the tank. Since that last pic, I have chopped up those big rocks into smaller ones (so they don't look like they came from my driveway anymore ) but it's strange. I'll monitor it for a few more months to see what I want to do.

It could be that some of the corals I first put in and died were just sick or in bad shape from the beginning

what kind of lighting are you using? power compact? those xenia are hard to keep. i had them before and they died on me. i thought they were easy. o well.

[deutschmann59]

Originally Posted by longtran

what kind of lighting are you using? power compact? those xenia are hard to keep. i had them before and they died on me. i thought they were easy. o well.

I've got dual power compact, 10000k, Actinic 03. You know what's funny, the first time I tried xenias, they died instantly...practically as soon as I put them in the tank, they just never opened up.

Now I'm trying them a second time and they're doing better than any other coral in the tank! There were three coral "blossoms" of xenia on the piece of coral when I got it. Now there are close to 15 on the coral, and they are spreading to rocks all around them.

Actually, I've got to post a new pic because as I look at that one now, nothing is the same. I've got really bad algae on my overflow box, so I'll clean it up tomorrow and then I'll try and post some pics. It's going to be quite a before and after pic I think...

[lux.sh]

Originally Posted by sharp1183

Ha ha! Actually, I've never seen the movie, but everyone always likes that one the best. He's been in there the longest, almost a year. The angel died since I took that pic, and so has the sunflower coral.

heheh, yeah Finding Nemo is a great movie. I usually don't care for animations, but it was great.
And sorry to hear about the angel and the sunflower coral.

I wouldn't comment anything else on this since I don't know jack about fish tanks.
All I remember is that my parents used to have one when I was young, and it was really cool watching them fight.

[longtran]

Originally Posted by sharp1183

I've got dual power compact, 10000k, Actinic 03. You know what's funny, the first time I tried xenias, they died instantly...practically as soon as I put them in the tank, they just never opened up.

Now I'm trying them a second time and they're doing better than any other coral in the tank! There were three coral "blossoms" of xenia on the piece of coral when I got it. Now there are close to 15 on the coral, and they are spreading to rocks all around them.

Actually, I've got to post a new pic because as I look at that one now, nothing is the same. I've got really bad algae on my overflow box, so I'll clean it up tomorrow and then I'll try and post some pics. It's going to be quite a before and after pic I think...

send me some xenia.