Pom pom crabs aggressive?

#1 11-30-2009, 10:54 PM

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Originally Posted by JDigital

Pom Pom Crabs have mini nems attached to there "arms"..

GSP, I've never seen a pom pom attack a fish, in my experience they have been quite timid and if anything I rarely saw mine. But they are a crab, so I guess anything is possible..

quoted from Live Aquaria:

I didn't know they had nems interesting little critters, I have only seen them acouple of times and not for very long once years ago and I helped Leah get hers back in her tank as it came out on her rocks. quite fragel critters. once the crab was in the water it went straight in to the rocks again so I did not get to see it very well. I'll have to look them up on the net.

I had a seabea nem in my DT and it kept moving to areas the the fish swim more often and when he moves there the fish just go else where. I do believe he is trying to catch dinner. I have since moved him to my kids 25g he has now settled down to one spot unless he is disturbed. He has bleached out a bit in thier tank. I will watch him closely and se what happens.
Bill

GreenSpottedPuffer · #2 12-01-2009, 12:19 AM

Well unfortunately the jawfish is looking pretty terrible tonight

The "sting" marks are quite irritated looking and he is gasping. He won't eat anymore either.

I don't know what else in the tank could possibly sting him.

Just seems too weird--find the jaw out of his cave (never comes out) with sting marks on his body, curled up in the corner of the tank, then find the crab in his cave, waving its anemones around...

Eyford01 · #3 12-01-2009, 12:42 AM

that is strange, i have 2 in with my seahorses and you'd think they would be easy enough to pick on but they get along just fine, was planning on adding 2 more tomorrow but perhaps you could remove the crab to the sump/other tank/my tank *nudge nudge* and see if the situation gets better

andestang · #4 12-01-2009, 12:43 AM

This seems odd, I have a BS jawfish and at least 10 boxers in with him and never had any problems. Wrong place at the wrong time ? No other fish or such that could be stressing him out ? I had a lawnmower blenny in with him once and it turned aggressive after a couple of months together and had to take it out.