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screw, how did u catch the crabs?

i've got plenty in my tank, u wana help me? haa

Mine is a nano tank, only 60L, can catch easily, i spot one of them inside my grp of yuma, i take out the whole yuma LR and shake it and the crab fall out. The other one is i saw it eating stuffs on my LR, i use a small net and scope it out. :eyebrow: Read from webbie that most crab r not reef safe hence i better play safe and remove them when i have the chance, but dun have the heart to kill them. Hence keep them in a container temporarily with some food. If they r reef safe den i throw them back into my tank again.

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for me, i just transfer them into my sump tank to help eat algae on the LR, detrius, uneaten food...etc, all still there after so many months...

hmm i guess it's orite to haf them in the tank? managed to catch 2 n flush them down the toilet bowl...den gave up catching them...cos until nw i dun see any of them in my tank nipping at my corals..though dey may like to hide under my mushrooms..nt sure if dey r nipping my mushrm though...


Main tank: 4.5 x 2.5 x 2
Skimmer: Deltec AP701
Return pump: RD 6
Chiller: Daikin compressor with Titanium coil
Wavemaker: Jebao w-20, Maxspect Gyre xf150

Lighting: 8x54 ATI Sunpower Non-dimmable

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Main tank: 2 x 1 x 2
Return: Eheim 1260
Lighting: AI Hydra 26 with controller
Wavemaker: Tunze 6025
My decommed 3 ft setup

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hmm i guess it's orite to haf them in the tank? managed to catch 2 n flush them down the toilet bowl...den gave up catching them...cos until nw i dun see any of them in my tank nipping at my corals..though dey may like to hide under my mushrooms..nt sure if dey r nipping my mushrm though...

They are porcelain crabs, harmless to corals. I dun think they are nipping, probably some detritus on yr mushies which they help to clear.

But i think they attack my star fish and the flesh got torn off. In the end, i have to let go my starfish...RIP...sad. :cry2:

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I think they are reef safe. I have 3 in my 25 liter nano with yellow polyps, leather, and a sabae anemone. The crabs had been there ever since the first live rock went into the tank. Caused no problems.

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