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09-25-2006, 02:50 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Newton, NC
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Emerald Crab...
I'm thinking about getting one...what all do I need to know? How do you take care of them?
Furthermore, I have about 40 lbs of live rock in my 46 gallon bow-front. I'm just gonna stay with live rock and fish...no corals. What type of lighting system is recommended? I do have a limited budget.
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09-25-2006, 03:29 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Newton, NC
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nobody?
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09-25-2006, 03:38 PM
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Just some guy, you know?
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Phoenix, AZ
Posts: 18,936
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Lighting? For your tank it doesn't really matter if you have no corals, I would go with some sort of 50/50 NO fixture nothing expensave, just the lighting hood that came with the tank with a good looking bulb.
I have 2 emereld crabs, I just sortof through them in there, I don't really do anything to/for them.
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09-25-2006, 03:38 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: NY
Posts: 388
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i no when i but put my 2 emeralds in they dont need to be fed they just eat what ever on the live rock
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09-25-2006, 03:52 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Newton, NC
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are they shy?
They won't eat anything I feed them...so I'm curious as to if I'll ever see it if I buy one.
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09-25-2006, 04:22 PM
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Shark
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: new york city
Posts: 7,347
Reviews: 40
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I had two and they were fine for a year then started going after small fish. They were esy to care for but I will never own another one
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09-25-2006, 06:18 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: NY
Posts: 388
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the first few days mine stuck to some holes in the LR but now they are scurrying around like crazy as for feeding them i have put some brine shrimp in and they dont eat it at all. They will find there own food on the LR( u can see them using ther claw and grabbin stuff and they just put it in their mouth). I happen to think there a great addition so i would get 1
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09-25-2006, 06:20 PM
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Just some guy, you know?
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Phoenix, AZ
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They come out mainly at night.
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09-25-2006, 06:21 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: NY
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i see happen to see mine all day and night
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09-25-2006, 06:23 PM
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Big Fishy
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Tulsa, OK
Posts: 590
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I had two that suddenly started fighting to the death. Really strange. The only thing they ever bothered was each other.
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09-25-2006, 06:25 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: NY
Posts: 388
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yea when i first got my two they were fighting in the bag but now they mosttly mind their own bussiness
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09-25-2006, 06:28 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Stoneville, NC
Posts: 138
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i see mine all the time as well. but hes always in the rocks. after my bubble algae was gone, i started feeding them some algae strips. i have a feeding stick that i use to put the small piece of algae close to him, and he comes and gets it. i have had the lone surviving male for over a year. hes never been a problem. the main thing is the are opportunisticfeeders. if they are hungry they will eat what they can find. feeding them seems to make them not hunt as much from my experience. |
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09-25-2006, 06:40 PM
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Sumpless Girl
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: PA
Posts: 2,351
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yeah ya just kinda set em' and forget em' 
mine is usually outta sight. sometimes he will "run" across the sand which is hesterical 
they have cute furry legs like a lil crab stuffed animal, i named mine teddy 
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09-25-2006, 07:09 PM
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squid
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Alabama, USA
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I have one, I don't do anything special for him, and I see him eating alge and other things of the rock, with no obvious detrimental effects. He is a bit shy, as he hides between rocks during the day, and is more active at night.
I think he is great, but I don't have two of them, and I have seen fish very near him, and they don't seem to mind each other. In my opinion, go for it.
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09-25-2006, 07:55 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: NY
Posts: 388
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i would also like to add that if you are getting it for cleaning purposes i would get more then 1 just for the fact that 1 really is not going to do much damge on the algea
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