horseshoe crab?

nm reef

nm reef

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Sure you can...but as mentioned they do tend to get large ather quickly and they can tend to be like a bull in a china shop....not to mention that they may become a snack to some aggressive type fish...But...yup...you could certainly add one if you desire to.
 
jesatfis

jesatfis

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word of advice dont touch its horn i hear that the females are venoumous and i collect them on beaches
cut i also guess that you know that when they are older they require colder watters
 
ophiura

ophiura

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IMO they are not a good choice because they tend to be blown about by the circulation in the tanks...and do tend to prefer cooler temps than our tanks are kept at. Most do not grow in hobbyist tanks at all...they have a very short life.
Now in a specialized system set up for them specifically? They are good to go.
 
unleashed

unleashed

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Originally posted by ophiura
IMO they are not a good choice because they tend to be blown about by the circulation in the tanks...and do tend to prefer cooler temps than our tanks are kept at. Most do not grow in hobbyist tanks at all...they have a very short life.
Now in a specialized system set up for them specifically? They are good to go.
i totaly agree with this one if you have a good water flow(i had one once) they blown around tipped upside down they are not very smart and get suck upside down constantly making them an easy target for pickers
 
saltn00b

saltn00b

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my roomy got home last night with one. a bout and inch long and white. i immediately said that its not a great idea, but the LFS , which has been helpful, told him it would be fine. he digs a little, also does the whole swim around upside down thing. he also gets picked at by my arrowhead crab?!?!!?? i dont get that, i thought the arrowcrabs basically are just scavengers? should i bring it back? i have 50 lbs LR in my 75 and have another 50 arriving this weekend.
 
ophiura

ophiura

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IMO, it will be killed in time. I would return it. It is clearly being blown about a bit, and the arrow crab (which are not really scavengers) could spell the end of it pretty quickly.
 
unleashed

unleashed

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its mind boggling how a species that has gone praticly unchanged for billions of yrs can be so sensitive in a common tank.
 
ophiura

ophiura

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They do brilliantly well in a tank designed for their needs...not tough to keep at all (though I still think the real small one's have relatively high mortality), but we try to shoehorn a few to many animals into one type of tank; try to average their needs. So some just don't work.
 
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