red legged crabs

Why are my Red Legged Crabs losing their legs. It seems like every few weeks I am finding a set of legs in the tank. I never find any dead crabs though so I guess that is a good thing. It looks like the whole leg from the body down are what is being lost. I have no other critters other than two...

I have my aquarium running for about 3 weeks now everything was at 0's I had my LR cooked for about 3 months , they were nice white and now the're turning green and have green hair algea on top of them, my Phosphate level now is at .25 is there a way I can lower this? maybe just do a water...

I was looking at my tank today and I notice all these white spots on the glass, I looked closer and realized they were moving. They look like clear fleas, there's millions of them. Does anyone know what they are? How did i get them. are they bad. How do I get rid of them. I have no fish in my...

anyone have trouble keeping these fish alive. I have had two now and this is the only fish that keeps dying on me. Are they fragile or am I just an idiot.

I did a stupid thing yesterday. I bought a Hatian pink anenome. I know I should research before I buy but I didn't. Now I am reading that they are not clown fish friendly and they don't get along with red legged hermit crabs. Anyone had any problems with this type of anenome?

<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=2 width="100%" bgColor=#ffffff border=0><TBODY><TR bgColor=#ffffcc><TD align=left colSpan=7>I am trying to buy more tank cleaners for my aquarium. To get free shipping I have to order $60 worth but is this too many clean up creatures for a 50 gallon aquarium...

Are there any critters out there that taste bad but do a decent job of cleanup? I understand that Triggers eat just about any kind of invert but I'm hoping for some type of help on the clean up. So far, urchins, snails and red legged crabs are all apparently tasty treats for a triggerfish...

I started to document alittle late into the project, but here you go. I made 2 frames with 2x4's (shown above) and than the bottom frame got pry wood top and bottom. I wanted the top piece of ply wood to be whole so I used a mill saw and cut perfect slots to slide over the...

Can't find my previous thread to update my stats for the New Year...so here's the current setup. 90g Glass (up & running since Thanksgiving 2003) w/middle overflow Compact Light Kit with 4x65 (2 blue & 2 white flourescents) 125g Wet/Dry w/bioballs (taking bioballs out slowly, adding lr)...

This is very, very strange. My wife picked up a clownfish from a LFS that I normally don't purchase from. However, the fish looked healthy and it did eat for her at the store (it was also $8 cheaper at this store than my regular shop). So I had him in the 125 for just over 36 hours, and...

Hi, I have just supplied 3 new shells for my red legged hermit crab for when he out grows his current shell but how often do hermits change shells & is it essential that I place the new empty shells on their back to make it easier for the hermit to climb into or does it not really matter...

I stopped by CBA last night and wow was there ever a selection of clams!!! They had to have over a hundred...easily!! I couldn't resist, so I picked up one of the little guys. I was wondering how long does it usually take for them to open back up? My guy is a little open, but not completely...

I have a 30g tank with LR, LS, a cleaner shrimp, 12 blue crabs, 3 red legged crabs, and 6 turbo snails. my tank is up and running for a month 1/2 and I was just looking at the sand really closely and notice a small white dot looking that is crawling all over the place. any clue of what they...

I'm gonna try to get some better shots but I need to get ahold of my brother and get his camera because mines junk. Any way this is what my tank looks like any suggestions for improvement

Starting with the equipment; 55 gallon tank skilter 400 combo protien skimmer and filter aqua clear 500 sponge and charcol pack filter marineland bio wheel and canister filter 2 18" 10,000k cora life bulbs heater and chiller Tank kept at 77 degrees all year Tank was given to me 8 months ago and...

Hello people, I have had a reef tank for about 1.5 years but I am by far still a freshman at it. My current tank is a 125g that as been up since March. When I do a water change (~25%) I get what I guess is a diatom explosion. Brownish slime on everything, which after a week starts to...

Hello all, After spending another 2 hours pulling rocks out and picking hair and cyano algae off I have decided to try my hand at snails and hermits. I have a few to list to get an idea if they are all reef safe and a quantity to order. All from premium aquatics baha red legs red scarlet...