Crabs are bad

[marka1620]

Originally Posted by Calvertbill
So this crab arrives and goes into quarantine...as does every newbie...and a few hours later I can't find a fuzzy dwarf lion (which was also in QT)...not quite panic ensued, but I felt a lot better when I removed a rock to expose lion...this is a big f***ng crab.

I had him since he was the size of a quarter. One thing I can say.....he never showed any aggreassion towards my fish. One being a 1.5" P.Clown. My lawnmower bleenie use to routinely clean his shell.

 

[calvertbill]

Originally Posted by mscarpena
Well my elegance coral was doing really, really, well and I was very excited about that. I love them and always wanted a healthy one. I finally found one. It started to decline and had some slimy stuff coming off of it. This has been going on for about 2 weeks. Well then today I was doing some mait. so I turned the lights on a little bit sooner and my wife was home so I had the time to look around a bit better than usual. I was something oragne and took a closer look. It was a beautiful crab eating my beautiful elegance coral. This thing is beautiful(the crab) It is purple, grey, and has neon orange on every part of his body. I mean neon orage. I would take a picture, but he is smaller than a half of a pea. I'm am all tore up that I have to kill him, but he must die. He is very unique. He has a shovel like front on his head and everything else just looks like a normal crab I guess. Anyone every see anything else like this. ALso I hope he did not kill my elegance coral, but I had to rip him out with a pair of tweezers and he had a bunch of coral flesh grasped in his claws. I love unique little kritter, but not ones that eat corals. I think I will kill him, but if anyone wants him they are welcome to him for free, but keep in mind he eats CORAL.
Your crab arrived today it fine fettle, in his little bag chewing on a piece of coral. I took him to my local guru who told me he'd look up the exact species tonight but that he's pretty sure that all he eats is coral. He was probably on your Elegance when you got it. We'll see.

 

[mscarpena]

Sorry to hear that he will probably die. I am glad I made the decision to get rid of him. I'am sorry that he will die at your expense though. I am glad I threw in a few extras so you'll at least get something out of the deal. Pretty crab though huh? Let me know and again sorry.

 

[mscarpena]

Oh on a more positive note my elegance coral is doing better and it only took about an hour or so after removing the crab. I just hope it makes a full recovery.

 

[new2salt1]

How's the elegance?

 

[mscarpena]

My elegance coral has made a slow, but 100% recovery. It is 100% open now for about the last 2-3 weeks and has regained almost all of it's wonderful colors. I am very glad it recovered. Thanks for asking.