There is EVIL in my tank!!!!

[srfisher17]

Originally Posted by spanko
http:///forum/post/3182948
Welcome to nature! Tis what happens in the wide open spaces of the ocean, and happens even more in our little glass boxes. Available food, territory, and just plain evil all enter into the dynamics that is a saltwater tank.
My opinion is and always will be, correct or not, that CRABS ARE EVIL!!!
The only ones I have in my tank are a few red legged reef hermits. I have banished every crab I see to either the LFS, or the water slide to the ocean located in a certain room in my house.
Just my opinions
I agree. In my house, crabs are occasional treats for my H. Tusks & others.

 

[saltwaterkitty]

You guys are all awesome ... thanks so much for the input and quick science lesson.
I put back the trochus shell that I took out in the middle of the night and "nature" resumed it's course. The peppermint shrimp went right for it and picked up where he left off tearing away at what was left inside the shell.

It was definitely interesting to witness after fully understanding that it's just part of the cycle of life I am replicating day by day.
I think I'm too emotionally attached to the hermits, lol. I pulled the bully out and immediately felt sorry for him for just simply doing what comes naturally to hermits. I'm not a good sw tank owner, am I? LOL I should not be so emotionally vested in a CUC.

kat