anemone shrimp and crabs

[ReDDeviLs]

i remember reading about anemone shrimps and some hermit crabs putting anemone on their back..

may i know if they reef safe?

any website i can read about them?

does LFS bring such stuffs in? may i know where can i find them?

thx

[lesjack]

Hi, are you referring to Boxer crab, Lybia Tesselata, which carries a pair of small anemones in it claws (not the back)...waves the anemones at predators to deter them. I was preparing a lecture on this for my students on mutualism and came across some info on it.

Check out this website on symbiosis: http://www.ms-starship.com/sciencenew/symbiosis.htm

you can find a picture of the crab holding on to small anemones.

Wonder if LFS carry such interesting species?

[eaquarist]

Hi there, good to see hobbyists helping each other with references and checking on the species before purchase. If i may answer the question about LFS carrying the boxer crab...Yes we do...in fact, you can follow the thread on "interesting shrimps" in my sponsored forum to check on new arrivals.

[FuEl]

Real cute creatures...I've got 3 of them in my tank..my yellow tang learnt to stay away from them..the hard way.

[ReDDeviLs]

Hi, are you referring to Boxer crab, Lybia Tesselata, which carries a pair of small anemones in it claws (not the back)...waves the anemones at predators to deter them. I was preparing a lecture on this for my students on mutualism and came across some info on it.

Check out this website on symbiosis: http://www.ms-starship.com/sciencenew/symbiosis.htm

you can find a picture of the crab holding on to small anemones.

Wonder if LFS carry such interesting species?

thx alot..reading it up now..

[ReDDeviLs]

Hi there, good to see hobbyists helping each other with references and checking on the species before purchase. If i may answer the question about LFS carrying the boxer crab...Yes we do...in fact, you can follow the thread on "interesting shrimps" in my sponsored forum to check on new arrivals.

cool! hehe i will check it out! thanks!

[ReDDeviLs]

btw are they reef save?

[ReDDeviLs]

Anemone Hermit crab

anemone crab

anemone shrimp

anyone know if all of them reef safe?

will the crabs attack my fishes like other normal crabs?

[thioeh]

If the anemone crab if say is belong to Porcelain Anemone Crab, this is reef safe and it will no attact fish and coral maybe with clown fish.

[Jimaroon]

Anemone Hermit crab

anemone crab

anemone shrimp

anyone know if all of them reef safe?

will the crabs attack my fishes like other normal crabs?

I have an anemone shrimp in my tank. It always moving among the tentacles of my plate coral. Never disturb my other corals.