I dont think it a myth....... I believe by popping them it would somewhat equates to spawning. The liquid inside is not clear but is thick and some what green.

How do you think an Emerald Crab eats them... they don't swallow them whole thats for sure. :razz:

No... but they do pop them and eat the skin, therefore releasing the liquid into the water colum

Really, it is a myth.....

I have had a few before (2 or 3) and I popped them and removed what I could. I have never seen any since. :cool:

It started as a couple on a single rock and next thing you know bam, the tank was full of them. I don't have a tds meter to take a reading, will look into buying one soon. I myself never poped any inside the tank, but they pop when thay get big and they do get big. The crabs don't pop or eat any of the big ones, it seams they just like the ones starting out. Would it be a good idea to get another half dozen crabs to bost my total count to 12.

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Not as mythical as you'd think.

http://www.reefkeeping.com/issues/2002-02/hcj/feature/

Do you have a good skimmer Gringos?

Thanks Danny. I was starting to think I was making it up :biggrin: Nice try boys :biggrin:

Wholy bubbles batman, i think theres only a few solutions for tha depending on how much time you have. You could take out all the rock scrub and do a dip in really hot water to take care of any spores or you could shut down the lights compleatly on the main tank for a long time and leave the lights on the fuge. This will stop the bubble algea but it will take a while.

or just nuke the rocks.. boil and burn :) lol

that'll get rid of em.. nasty.. Never seen it so bad before.