chimera Posted June 22, 2005 Report Share Posted June 22, 2005 found a little colourful crab sitting inside my birds nest coral. wasnt sure whether he was using it for shelter or having a feed anyone seen/know what type of crab this is? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reef Posted June 22, 2005 Report Share Posted June 22, 2005 Standard crab that comes with pocs . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brianemone Posted June 22, 2005 Report Share Posted June 22, 2005 like the acro crabs i guess, great shot too chimera Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pies Posted June 22, 2005 Report Share Posted June 22, 2005 Yah I have a few, the get larger (thumbnail sized). They also move between the corals. I have some living in a larger coral that started as a frag. Cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chimera Posted June 22, 2005 Author Report Share Posted June 22, 2005 i reckon he rocks! stoked with the photo too. its cool when you find things you didnt know that existed in your tank. im sure there are plenty more inverts i dont know about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pies Posted June 22, 2005 Report Share Posted June 22, 2005 I was reading in a Coral magizine the other day about a guy who found a Nudibrach in his 9Gal nano after 18 months of not knowing its there. You tank is significiently larger than that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klaymann Posted June 23, 2005 Report Share Posted June 23, 2005 Speaking of Nudibranches ... found 2x 1" long white ones with orange highlights ... so fasinated with them being there left them to devour my speckled leather.... dooh ! after that thought better of them and put them into my live rock tank ...... haven't seen them for awhile .... hmmm , wonder why.. ..... hope you guys don't kill the hitchiker crabs ? ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lduncan Posted June 23, 2005 Report Share Posted June 23, 2005 Speaking of Nudibranches ... found 2x 1" long white ones with orange highlights ... I had those coral eating bastards too!! Got rid of them though. BUT i think i found some monti eating nudis today! They'll be gone tomorrow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chimera Posted June 23, 2005 Author Report Share Posted June 23, 2005 i found this guys claw (or maybe another one like him as it looked a bit bigger) sitting on the sand near the front of the tank tonight. something likes the taste of them it seems Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suphew Posted June 23, 2005 Report Share Posted June 23, 2005 I pulled an 1.5 inch Nudibranch out of my tank last weekend, was lemon yellow, very nice but the hole right through my leather was not so nice. I think I might have another since my tongan yellow is looking a bit munched. Couple of questions... 1) can they breed in a tank? So am I likely to have lots of them? 2) is there an easy way to find/remove/kill them? I only found the one I did because I moved a leather as it looked so poorly after 2-3 month in the same spot and turned the rock to expose the underside, saw the Nudibranch when it started moving for cover. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lduncan Posted June 23, 2005 Report Share Posted June 23, 2005 No easy way to remove them. They are prolific breeders, and you're likely to have hundreds of eggs in the tank. The only way i know of to get rid of them is by removing their food source, or killing them chemically, using iodine dips, or copper dips. Most nudis aren't a problem. It's the white ones which seem to be the coral eaters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveA Posted June 23, 2005 Report Share Posted June 23, 2005 i found this guys claw (or maybe another one like him as it looked a bit bigger) sitting on the sand near the front of the tank tonight. something likes the taste of them it seems OR It molted. I often find crab 'claws', from the guys that hang out in the rocks. Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suphew Posted June 23, 2005 Report Share Posted June 23, 2005 Have just seen the other post regarding monties, and now think I know why my porites (sp?) is getting white patches. Darn cute white wormie thing. Guess what I'm going to be killing tomorrow... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pies Posted June 24, 2005 Report Share Posted June 24, 2005 Don't kill it, stick it in my tank, i'll take it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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