Decorator Crabs

[Dez]

Anybody know much about em? I saw one in the LFS (by the way, my wife now works at one of the LFS's so I will be able to get a bit of a discount on stuff... smile.gif ) and I tried to research on them and I came across one site that says they feed mainly on algae... Are they reef safe? Anybody ever have one? They sure are neat looking. Let me know...thanks..

des

[EmilyB]

Hi Dez, I kept one for about a year before really having much in my reef. Very cool, but they do eat bristleworms (witnessed) and polyps (so I've heard).

Martha Stewart was very much fun and interesting indeed, she was a bag lady in my tank, decorating herself with some real junk. I think she may have starved, but I can't say for sure. I had changed the substrate and lost a lot of bristleworms (and other substrate life ) I remember.