arrow crabs???

[reefer123]

can i get an arrow crab for my reef, or will it eat the my inverts?, or vise versa? :help:
i have the following:
5 green chromis
1 OC clown
1 cleaner shrimp
3 RL hermits
2 BL hermits
3 emerald crabs
this is all in a 65g tank.
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[spartan78]

I think its fine for you to get one. Keep in mind though, they devour bristle worms, which are excelent and beneficial members of the cleanup crew.

 

[fishieness]

i have heard many stories or arrow crabs eating inverts, and even fish. They are some of the more agressive inverts. I have never had experience with them though. Just saying what i have heard o so many times here.

man do they look cool though

 

[kaia]

As far as I know arrow crabs won't eat inverts. I have one and it hasn't touched any of my inverts. It is an amazing scavenger though. Any little piece of food that touches the sand he is on it. I have even seen him steal food from one of my gobies that hangs out at the bottom.

 

[ryan115]

i have one now and he doesnt mess with anything else in my tank, except for the bristleworms of course

. I dont know if this is another situation where it depends on the temperament of the one you get, but i would suggest getting it, they are really fun to watch

 

[reefer123]

thanks for all the responses!!

what do you feed them and how often?

 

[reefer123]

bump

 

[ryan115]

mine mostly just scavanges the tank, but right now it is strictly an invert tank, so about once a week a drop in some shrimp pellets to feed my hermits shrimp and arrow :happyfish

 

[puffer32]

Caught mine red handed eating a fish! Fishie was swimming around fine 1 min, next min it was in the arrow crabs clenches :scared:

 

[konrade]

Mine was at least 6 inches across!! HE would eat anything and I mean anything on the bottom. I don't know If I would trust him. I have had two and they both were AWESOME scavengers and ate everything and didn't take any crap from anybody. Great personality too. You can hand feed them!!

 

[farslayer]

Arrows tend to get agressive when they get bigger. Once they are large enough to catch fish and other inverts they will typically do so. I had one before which was fine until he grew up, then he munched snails and tried for a few gobies.