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Keep an eye on the pair of purple firegobies. They are one of the more territorial firefish. Will eventually end up bullying your normal firefish once they get big enough. Happened to me. Had both species doing well together. The purple firefish grew to 3/4 the size of the firefish and then started bullying it. Now the normal firefish does'nt dare swim out when the purple bugger is out.

It depends on how you define herbivore. If being herbivore meant having your diet made up of 100% of plant matter then I could define cows, giraffes, deer, dugongs as omnivores and not herbivores. Imagine how many insects a cow can ingest in its lifetime while munching on grass. Imagine how many snails a dugong would ingest while grazing on seaweed. While emerald crabs are stated as herbivores...I am certain they will feed on animal protein if given the chance when they are hungry.

Hmm..price will fluctuate depending on demand and supply. Anyway minsmarine..wanna get my pair? Hehe...I got tired of waiting for them to grow..I want them as big as those in the display tank of ML!

You mean the end caps are already conveniently mounted on a support of some sort?

Huh..got fake emerald crab one meh?

My lips are sealed. But definitely I not going into D.I.Y...I always fail in technical in secondary sch. Just wait a little longer. No harm is there?

I dun have hair algae..but I have other types of algae. Meaning they grow fastest on hair algae? I've tried handfeeding them mysis. They took it into their claws and then tossed it away...unappreciative buggers.. Mine I bought about 1 t0 1.5cm across the carapace. Until now still the same..

Yea..how weird..furthermore I doubt our tanks are so small that it would stunt them..Mine have 4ft to roam around but they still dun grow..

$600 can get you a beckett plus pump. Hold on to your $$ guys..

Hmm..most likely one firegoby bullied the rest into hiding. Happened to me before. Don't believe keeping firegobies of any type in any number more than 1 now..

I used octozin quite some time ago. Took about a week or so to see the effects. Did'nt remove anything from the tank...but if I did'nt remember wrongly you have to remove echinoderms (starfish, urchins, cukes etc)..not sure..just open up and read the instructions before you buy the medication. Always have good carbon on hand in case you overdose.

Best to add anti-chlorine. I make it a point now due to the newater having chloramine which will not dissipate even if the water is left standing overnight. Only the chlorine will dissipate but chloramine will not.

I get my shells from spotlight at tampinese. I have at least 20 of those hermits roaming my rockwork. I find they prefer meaty foods when they are smaller (probably for faster growth)..Once they reach adult size they perch mainly on the rocks grazing on algae. My adult zebra hermits don't even get excited by the smell of fishfood now.

Pair of emerald crab have been caught. Pincers are all intact. One has 3 legs on each side of the body. The other has 4 and 3 on each side respectively. Legs did not break off during catchment..but rather I found them like that when they were caught. $15 each. Available for collection immediately in bedok area.

Mine I have kept for 6 months at least. They have not grown at all..I even doubt that they have moulted. Cause I remember buying a crab with 3 legs on each side..after so many months still 3 legs on each side.

Had mine for many months...but now I caught them..they still look the same size. Another reefer also had an emerald crab for many months in an algae abundant tank but it too did not grow. Do they grow so slowly that it takes years for them to double in size?

Adult size is only 1.5-2cm body length. Most of mine adult size already.

Will have extra liverock in 1-2 weeks when I downgrade. Pm me if you are interested.

I've used octozin..no adverse side effects. Not sure for the aquapharm though..

$600 can get you a beckett.

Nope. The one in your pic will grow big and attack your fish.

It's evil and will eat your fish. Remove it asap.

ML has zebra hermits. Real cool algae eaters that are reef safe. They stay small too.

Okie..most likely will be hunting for oak tables.. Come to think of it chengal a little overkill for a 2ft tank..

Pic taken for bro ben...see the crowns of the cocoworm have regrown till this size. Also showing the periclemes kororensis aka the heliofungia commensal shrimp. Ignore the dead heliofungia and the rtn birdnest frag...