|
|
Have a question?
It's Free!
|
|
| Pests, Hitchhikers, and Diseases Have a pest and need help getting rid of it, or found something cool and don't know if it's good or bad? Does a Critter have an odd spot? This forum is for you! |
Registered Members don't see these ads. Register now it's free!
10-14-2008, 03:49 PM
|
#1
|
|
Plankton
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Rochdale, UK
Posts: 31
|
Unkown Crab and Anenome?
hey guy im new to the forum and the marine fish keeping world!! 
ive recently set up my 100gallon marine tank, i added some live rock and ocean rock yesterday and spotted a couple of wierd looking things, does any one know what they are or how i could find out?? 
Thanks,
Sean
|
|
|
|
Registered Members don't see these ads. Register now it's free!
|
|
|
|
|
10-14-2008, 03:55 PM
|
#2
|
|
Bubble Algae Warrior
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Maine
Posts: 4,362
Reviews: 17
|
picture #2 is aiptasia,
kill it.
not sure on the crab.
Welcome to TRT!  |
|
|
|
|
10-14-2008, 03:57 PM
|
#3
|
|
Bubble Algae Warrior
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Maine
Posts: 4,362
Reviews: 17
|
interesting 'round' substrate you have.... what is it?
|
|
|
|
|
10-14-2008, 04:00 PM
|
#4
|
|
Plankton
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Rochdale, UK
Posts: 31
|
thanks for the quick reply i thought the ugly thing was aiptasia shall sort it soon as, the crab came in a piece of rock only came out at night, the substrate is live sand mixed with some kind of coral sand type stuff they sold me at the fish shop but the live sand has sunk to the bottom.....
Sean
|
|
|
|
|
10-14-2008, 08:31 PM
|
#6
|
|
I've got the REEF rash!
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: New Jersey
Posts: 34,143
|
2nd pic is Aiptasia! Kill it!
__________________
|
|
|
|
|
11-10-2008, 06:58 PM
|
#7
|
|
Plankton
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Rochdale, UK
Posts: 31
|
i caught the crab in a glass, but i couldnt find any website that could id it 100% so i put it back in because i felt bad keeping it in a glass, ive just been looking in the tank tonight after lights out and found ANOTHER exactly the same so i now hair a pair of random crabs and one had a small snail in its claw..... dont no were the snail came from, any advice??
|
|
|
|
|
11-13-2008, 08:27 AM
|
#8
|
|
Plankton
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Rochdale, UK
Posts: 31
|
any one..?
|
|
|
|
|
11-13-2008, 09:15 AM
|
#9
|
|
The Ninja MOD
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Planet P.....Why Me?
Posts: 13,624
Reviews: 23
|
Not sure on the crab but to be safe I would remove and release back into the ocean or just toss. Crabs can be bad news.
|
|
|
|
|
11-15-2008, 11:00 AM
|
#10
|
|
Plankton
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: philippines
Posts: 13
|
|
|
|
|
|
11-20-2008, 06:58 PM
|
#11
|
|
THE VILLAGE IDIOT
 
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: chippewa falls, wi
Posts: 1,906
Reviews: 4
|
why not put them in the sump?? wouldnt they help keep it alil clean in there?
i hate having to just kill hitchhikers.......they all have a purpose...thou some may not be to our likings...........
|
|
|
|
|
12-02-2008, 01:07 PM
|
#12
|
|
Plankton
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Rochdale, UK
Posts: 31
|
i caught both of them and gavee them too the lfs so he could stick um in his sump
|
|
|
|
|
12-02-2008, 01:33 PM
|
#13
|
|
Gone Snorkeling...
 
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Greenville,SC
Posts: 8,540
Reviews: 52
|
Great...at least he went to someone that could put them to use Crabs in general are iffy, and are opportunistic in nature. I personally won't keep any of them in my tank unless they are going in the sump
__________________
My 135RR Tank build
Upstate SC Reefers Unite!! Join the PMAC!
"Imagination is more important than knowledge." - Albert Einstein
|
|
|
|
|
12-04-2008, 04:25 PM
|
#14
|
|
Plankton
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Rochdale, UK
Posts: 31
|
ive been hearing a clicking lately but cant see anything sounds like glass cracking? any ideas?
Sean
|
|
|
|
|
12-04-2008, 09:42 PM
|
#15
|
|
REEFer In Progress
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: La Crosse, WI
Posts: 1,294
Reviews: 6
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by clubber122
ive been hearing a clicking lately but cant see anything sounds like glass cracking? any ideas?
Sean
|
Sounds like a mantis shrimp to me... Id check out the "Mantis Shrimp" forum here on TRT. Youll find most of the information you need on that forum. If you've got fish/inverts that youd like to keep alive id look into it very soon (of course this depends if it is a mantis, and how big it is). But clicking=mantis IMO, especially if youve recently added LR.
__________________
Tanks for looking!
|
|
|
|
|
