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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

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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?

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:lol: 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 :yeah: we do...in fact, you can follow the thread on "interesting shrimps" in my sponsored forum to check on new arrivals. ;)
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  lesjack said:
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..

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:lol: 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 :yeah: 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!

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  ReDDeviLs said:
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.

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