ARROW CRAB.

rickross23

rickross23

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What are your thoughts of these in a reef? My tanks 120g and I see more and more bristleworms every night and think I'm getting a infestation Definetly. Who's had these before? Did they attack or kill shrimp? Did they attack or kill fish? Please tell me your thoughts on them and what else I should do to rid of the bristleworms. I was thinkin a wrasse, but my tank has no top, so it would probably jump and die. Please give thoughts.
 
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saxman

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I wouldn't add an arrow crab with anything you want to keep. They're predatory, and if they find an asy meal (such as a sleeping fish) they'll take it.
BW's don't normally pose a problem, and if their numbers seem to be growing, it's in response to too much food for them in the tank, so you may want to cut back on your feedings.
If you're just one of those peeps who dislike them, get a piece of an old nylon stocking (the "toe" works well), add some meaty food to it and tie it shut. Drop it into the tank at lights out, and haul it out by the string the next AM. The BW's get caught in the stocking and can be tossed.
HTH
 
wartooth1

wartooth1

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I've had Arrow Crabs and they've never bothered any of my other reef critters. I think they look interesting and whenever company is over its usually the Arrow Crab that that impresses people.
The only thing I've caught my Arrows doing is sometime I'd see one eating a dead hermit, but I don't know if the Arrow killed it or if it was already dead.
I say go for it and get one.
 
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