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Snappy
10-24-2010, 08:19 PM
I finally caught a hitch hiker coral eating crab :twised: I've been after for a few years.....yeah! He's grown pretty big at the expense of many corals and now lives in my sump and is welcome to eat all the detritus it wants.
http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h210/Trainer02/Oct11002crab1.jpg

paddyob
10-24-2010, 08:27 PM
Ugly bugger. I never knew there were crabs that eat coral. Looking at his claws I would guess he probably would go after other stuff as well!?!?

Lance
10-24-2010, 09:17 PM
Ugly bugger. I never knew there were crabs that eat coral. Looking at his claws I would guess he probably would go after other stuff as well!?!?


Crabs are very opportunistic feeders. They will eat pretty much anything they can get their claws on. I will never keep another crab in my tanks, including the cute little Hermits.

christyf5
10-24-2010, 10:15 PM
Ugh, coral eating crabs are the worst!! Congrats on catching him, I wouldn't have been so nice as to his final home :razz:

fishytime
10-24-2010, 10:17 PM
hey, nice catch there Greg...did you do a little happy dance?...how the heck did you manage to catch him in that beast of a tank of yours?