decorator crabs

[mkzimms]

im contemplating a decorator crab. has anyone had any experience with them they'd like to share?

 

[michaeltx]

depends on what type of tank you want them in they can wreck havoc in a reef tank. They will decorate themselves with any coral the happen across including expensive ones and might discard them 2 feet away because they found something better to use or the surroundings changed.
I dont like this crab for that main reason. I am sure there are more reasons not to like it though LOL but they are cool looking crabs.
Mike

 

[mkzimms]

thats what i was worried about, the constant change of decorations. i was hoping it would just pick up some zoas and call it a day. so i guess the decorator is out of the question for me.

 

[keri]

If you want a really "fancy" crab check out the 13th post on this thread!!
https://forums.saltwaterfish.com/t/311044/another-cyano-post

 

[bioneck47]

They are very commical and IMO a cool addition to a reef. It doesn't harm the polyps while camoflouging itself and mine hasn't changed out its polyps since I got it 6 months ago. They're like a moving piece of coral and sometimes really hard to spot. Awesome crab IMO

 

[claire7275]

I completely agree with bioneck47. I've had mine for at least 6 months and after the original 2 days of choosing his decorations, he has left everything else alone. Very cool crab. Everyone who comes over to see the tank just loves my traveling coral.
Claire

 

[jawdubb]

We really enjoyed ours until it started eating our mushrooms. I never figured out why it ate them, but after watching and making sure that is actually what it was doing it went to the fuge.

 

[tbcseod]

Originally Posted by jawdubb
http:///forum/post/2643559
We really enjoyed ours until it started eating our mushrooms. I never figured out why it ate them, but after watching and making sure that is actually what it was doing it went to the fuge.
I just found this (old) thread - I was searching through looking for what I suspected happened to 4 of my 6 new mushrooms in the last 2 nights.............. I caught him this morning with a slice of what looked like mushroom (and he was sitting right where there WAS a mushroom the night before...... bad thing is i have mushrooms in my fudge too

at any rate I thought i would bump this and add that I have had the same problem - just in case someone else is searching for the cause of te vanishing mushrooms..........
~T