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Old 03-15-2006, 01:01 PM   #1
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do mithrax crabs eat shrooms?

I fragged a few shrooms 2 days ago but noticed a mithrax / emerald crab what seemed to be pulling apart my baby shrooms?!?! do they eat newly fragged shrooms? they dont bother the larger ones.
i was thinking he needed to get high! Hahahaha
if thats the case.... IM THERE
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Old 03-15-2006, 01:17 PM   #2
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I've never had mithrax crabs hurt shrooms or any other corals in my tank. I had 3 emerald crabs at one point. I did read somewhere that mithrax crabs are a relative unknown as to their real diets and so they could be 'shroom eaters...
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Old 03-15-2006, 01:23 PM   #3
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Not through experience but I've been wanting to get a couple of crabs that are reef safe. So far, I've read there are a couple out there including Mitral that are supposedly safe but are opportunist. If their regular menu is not available they check out their options which means there's the possibility of them eating coral and if big enough small fish. Can quote exactly where I've read this though.
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Old 03-15-2006, 01:48 PM   #4
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well, one of mine were picking at them. what is their diet besides bubble algae?
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Old 03-15-2006, 01:58 PM   #5
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They can be very much individuals. I had several in my tank at once and some were ok and others wiped out a colony or 2. I would think they took the opotunity to eat the fragged(damaged) shroom.A lot of people have good luck w/them and they may be worth a gamble if you need to remove certain algea issues but overall IMHO they are not to be trusted .I dont even trust my hermits .Bon Appetite
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Total opportunists and they well eat anything including your corals. Now that they have a taste for them... they wont stop IMO
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Old 03-15-2006, 02:36 PM   #8
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they wont be in my tank for long !
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Old 03-15-2006, 02:42 PM   #10
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nope. i like them bc they eat bubble algae
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They eat just about anything... I had one that develped a taste for snails, he was strong enough to flip over the largest turbos and just rip em to shreds!!
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They MUST BE STOPPED!
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nothing is safe anymore. just wait till the snails start eating our corals
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I fragged a few shrooms 2 days ago but noticed a mithrax / emerald crab what seemed to be pulling apart my baby shrooms?!?! do they eat newly fragged shrooms? they dont bother the larger ones.
i was thinking he needed to get high! Hahahaha
if thats the case.... IM THERE
Sound's like buZZZZ! time to me! LOL!!
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