toravisu Posted November 29, 2010 Share Posted November 29, 2010 i spotted come crabs on my life rocks ,and snail that eats alge ,can i leave it or should i catch them out and dump them off !!! Will it affect my sps , cause spoted my frags got a whole donnno eaten by what ! any advise thanks cause i doint want them to die off Quote 3x2x2 RSM,2x1.5x1.5 cube cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member iskay Posted November 30, 2010 SRC Member Share Posted November 30, 2010 you'll be better off taking the crabs off your tank. Quote "Be formless... shapeless, like water. If you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup. You put water into a bottle; it becomes the bottle. You put it into a teapot; it becomes the teapot. Water can flow, or it can crash. Be water, my friend..." - Lei Siu Lung (Bruce Lee) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metzrocco Posted November 30, 2010 Share Posted November 30, 2010 yes bro.. iskay is right better take out yr crabs from yr live rock.... they are no good..!!so called pest..!! cheers.!! Quote entering into a new world reef.. TANK :- 3 x 2 x 2 (Sump 2 x 1.5 x 1.5) SALT :- H2Ocean Natural Reef Salt LIGHTING :- DE Lighting Retrofit (4 x 39w 3Feet T5 ATI) SKIMMER :- Octopus Skimmer SKIMZ FR :- Chemi-Pure + Seachem Phosphate Remover WAVEMAKER :- SunSun TwinHead CHILLER :- Resun CL450 Filter :- Lots of bio balls ( Dry & Wet )+ Chaetos + Mangroves + LR 3 FT DECOM... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member tropic Posted November 30, 2010 SRC Member Share Posted November 30, 2010 as long its crabs .. i would have them out. though i cant bear to kill them, i just dump them in the fuge/sump.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toravisu Posted November 30, 2010 Author Share Posted November 30, 2010 haha wonder how to make a trap to trap them lei ??? Quote 3x2x2 RSM,2x1.5x1.5 cube cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member AloysiusMun Posted November 30, 2010 SRC Member Share Posted November 30, 2010 Go google Acro crabs. If your crab looks like a white crab with a black mark across its probably safe. If its hairy you better be careful, highly likely its not reef safe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member tropic Posted December 1, 2010 SRC Member Share Posted December 1, 2010 haha wonder how to make a trap to trap them lei ??? use glass bottle or cutout plastic bottle(invert the top half) and use small dice of prawn...to entice crab in..i did that and next morning two buggers in the bottles...can search for other method or videos onine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toravisu Posted December 1, 2010 Author Share Posted December 1, 2010 ok thanks the crab will crawl in meh ?? Quote 3x2x2 RSM,2x1.5x1.5 cube cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member tropic Posted December 1, 2010 SRC Member Share Posted December 1, 2010 ok thanks the crab will crawl in meh ?? glass jar works as its smooth. but placed them slanted up abit against the sand.For the bottle if the crab is nt too big it should be able to crawl in sideways. the bottle with inverted bottleneck is at centre so its not able to crawl out. i got two caught this way. but bait must replaced daily if not eaten. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toravisu Posted December 1, 2010 Author Share Posted December 1, 2010 haha thanks also caught one only so far . Quote 3x2x2 RSM,2x1.5x1.5 cube cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member tropic Posted December 1, 2010 SRC Member Share Posted December 1, 2010 haha thanks also caught one only so far . so many to catch using the bottle or other technique? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RockyBoy Posted December 2, 2010 Share Posted December 2, 2010 Hairy crabs will eat your sps... Acro crab or bandit crab with the facemask, is ok... Quote Member of : UEN: T08SS0098FMASS in Facebook Reefing in LED Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Reefer yikai Posted December 2, 2010 Senior Reefer Share Posted December 2, 2010 acro crabs come in many colours and sizes and patterns. pink, red, brown, purple, white. as long as it's hairy, remove it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toravisu Posted December 2, 2010 Author Share Posted December 2, 2010 ya i spot some of it in my sps ,they stay at my corals to donno eat what , till i find out my stackhorn got one big hole , woa heart pain lei cause i got it from a reefer and he tell mi its good to have carbs in it . special thanks to rocky boy you all for the effort to tell mi and put up the pictures . Quote 3x2x2 RSM,2x1.5x1.5 cube cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toravisu Posted December 2, 2010 Author Share Posted December 2, 2010 My Lime Green Millepora all the hairly botak liao heart pain hehe . Quote 3x2x2 RSM,2x1.5x1.5 cube cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Reefer yikai Posted December 2, 2010 Senior Reefer Share Posted December 2, 2010 so many problems with your SPS? the crabs are not to blame. no polyps on your millie means no polyp extension. this is bad coz millie almost always 100% of the time have polyps extended. maybe check your water parameters and your light. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toravisu Posted December 2, 2010 Author Share Posted December 2, 2010 all right NO3 0.5 PO4 ,0 , light 250w plus 39T5 calcium is high 480,KH 10.9,mag 1400 Izzit lighting is too strong ? but my staghorns birdnest ok Quote 3x2x2 RSM,2x1.5x1.5 cube cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Reefer yikai Posted December 3, 2010 Senior Reefer Share Posted December 3, 2010 water parameters look ok. Kh abit high. personally i would achieve 7-9 (personal preference). but i think they do well with kH at 11 also... not very sure. i'm quite nooby at SPS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toravisu Posted December 3, 2010 Author Share Posted December 3, 2010 all right thanks for the info . Quote 3x2x2 RSM,2x1.5x1.5 cube cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bimmerzs Posted December 5, 2010 Share Posted December 5, 2010 Hi, It would be best to identify the crab in question....here is a link to help. http://www.chucksaddiction.com/hitchcrabs.html As far as your lps not doing well I would also question the stability of your system. How long has the tank been setup, what is your daily ph and temp swing?? are you dosing daily for ca/alk and how do you dose(all at once or little at a time). Cheers, Quote Ron C Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toravisu Posted December 5, 2010 Author Share Posted December 5, 2010 using dosing pump 11am 1ML calcium 12 pm 1ML of KH two times daily 1pm 1ML of magizum two times per day PH at 8.3 coralline alge is growing LPS very stable and growing only sps , not really stable yet due to high calcium , tested my PO4 is 0 but still got alge growing maby should put anti phostpate in my FR!!! or carbon !!! Quote 3x2x2 RSM,2x1.5x1.5 cube cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toravisu Posted December 5, 2010 Author Share Posted December 5, 2010 thanks for the link bro ,and the effort to put up the site for mi really helpfull cheers . anyway im still new to sps need more advise , got bluetip stackhorns ,Figi Round-tip Pink Birdnest , sunset mile , Lime Green Mille not doing very well going botak , Sunset Mille all till ok only my (radio active ) got from a reefer that was decom and was bleach now turning brown . Quote 3x2x2 RSM,2x1.5x1.5 cube cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sherman Posted December 5, 2010 Share Posted December 5, 2010 PO4 can be the problem. I measure my PO4 and it say 0.01 ppm. But recently a reefer help me measure using Hanna PO4 tester and it read 4.629 ppm. So I believe have to be careful with PO4. Regards Sherman Quote 6.5 * 2 * 2 + 3.75 * 1.5 *1.5,(Decomn on 14/9/08) 4*2*2 + 2.5*1.25*1.25 (Decomn on 1/8/09) 5*2*2 (Fully LED light system, 140 3 watt SSC leds with 60 degree lens)(Decomm) 2.5*2*2(Fully LED Light System,96 3 watt SSC leds with 60 degree lens)(Decomm) 5*2.5*2(LED only) Eheim return 1 * pump 1 HP Daikin compressor with cooling coil 2 Jebao OW40, 1 ecotech MP40, 1X6085 Tunze wm, 1 CURVE 7 Skimmer 1 DIY 80 led control by Bluefish mini 1 radion XR30W G2, 2 Radion XR15G3 Sump area lite by 5 ft T5 , 6 * SSC 3 watt red LED for refugium 1 Full spectrum E27 led light 1 CR control by bubble count Start No Water Change since 1st Dec 2016 Add new 2.5x2x 1.5 ft [/quote] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toravisu Posted December 5, 2010 Author Share Posted December 5, 2010 thanks ill get a postpate reactor hopefully its done . thanks Quote 3x2x2 RSM,2x1.5x1.5 cube cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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