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Check this out! I rarely see they guy, all of a sudden I look and he's doing this! Hahah, he then calmed down and buried himself...
Justin
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My Horseshoe Crab is pshYcho!
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ophiura
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I assure you they more than feel like coming down!! Most of the power heads and currents in our tanks are too strong, and they are very weak swimmers (and not really intended to swim at all). So this guy is not psycho at all, it is struggling and stressed. It is good to know it made it back into the sand...eventually though, this sort of thing may kill it.
Power heads, filters, overflows, etc result in the death of many, many horseshoe crabs and is one of the main reasons they do not belong in our tanks (apart from growing large, bulldozing, and eating lots of things you don't want them to eat).
Most of the power heads and currents in our tanks are too strong, and they are very weak swimmers (and not really intended to swim at all). So this guy is not psycho at all, it is struggling and stressed. It is good to know it made it back into the sand...eventually though, this sort of thing may kill it.Power heads, filters, overflows, etc result in the death of many, many horseshoe crabs and is one of the main reasons they do not belong in our tanks (apart from growing large, bulldozing, and eating lots of things you don't want them to eat).
ophiura
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Originally posted by ameliadnkoche
(Mandarins eat all your good stuff too...but I highly doubt that we will see a swarm of people returning them to their LFS because they eat "the good stuff.")
No, however, an alarming number of mandarins die because people love them and they starve to death, which is why most people here encourage others not to get them unless they have ideal conditions for them. It is an interesting comparison to make. Also, manadarins do not eat most of the 'good stuff' like worms and microbrittlestars that stir the sand. And, finally, mandarins will not outgrow or bulldoze things in a tank or be tossed around by strong currents and need to be saved. IMO, which anyone can take or dismiss
, they do not belong in home tanks, cool or not. But JMO. SaltyJ,
It will never outgrow your 75g tank because it will not survive long enough to grow up.
In the wild, absolutely it would outgrow the tank...they get very large. In addition to eating a variety of meaty foods, they will hunt for worms, crustaceans and other sand stirrers that are needed to keep a sand bed healthy (this is what they are doing while buried).