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[1979camaro]

Pom Pom Crab

Got a fun new invert today...I will be interested to see how he does in my tank as they seem to be well reccomended in some sources and listed as a difficult crab to maintain in others

 

[Lotus]

Wow... that sure is an interesting crab.

 

[IvannaFish]

really really neat crab...rah rah COWBOYS!!!

 

[KahluaZzZ]

this is so niiiiiice

 

[1979camaro]

his little poofy hands are anemones which they have a symbiotic relationship with

 

[aresgod]

pom pom crabs are great, they either use the anemones to defend or as mops for food, let me know how he does, I have always been reluctant to buy because they tend to take shipping badly, I love them though, as you know i am an invert guy

 

[KahluaZzZ]

aren't you scared for your corals ?

 

[1979camaro]

not really scared for the corals...and i too have been reluctant because of the shipping thing but this one had been alive and well in the LFS for about 1 week and i decided i would give it a shot. $10 investment isn't so bad if it goes sour and at least i know how to care for the thing rather than some joker buying it on a whim

 

[lordroad]

Very cool addition, Camaro. I've never seen this species before. You got some great pics of it--my emerald crab would never come out of the rocks or the zoanthid colony to get a good shot.

10 dollars sounds like a steal for such a cool little thing.

 

[KahluaZzZ]

yep 10$ seems cheap for this luxurious little crab

 

[1979camaro]

green bubble coral

picked this guy up last night for $20...about 4in the long way

 

[OCCFan023]

looking good, nice buy!

 

[KahluaZzZ]

20 $ 4" nice deal for a green one

 

[ram man]

wta about the mantis? arent you worried about it killing the crab?

 

[1979camaro]

so far i haven't noticed a problem with the mantis...i actually saw him out and about a few days after the move and he is only ~3in long; i doubt he will get bigger

 

[1979camaro]

Favia sp.

 

[1979camaro]

Refugium

The Aquafuge is currently lit by a standard flouro fixture I had sitting around...i will probably get a small PC bulb to replace it in a bit. right now there is just some Chaetomorpha in there as well as some particulates that got pulled out of the tank water from the sand being stirred up. later im going to add a DSB and some critters

 

[1979camaro]

Bicolor Angel + Cleaner

 

[aresgod]

I can never get picks of my cleaners in action, the fish always freak out...

 

[KahluaZzZ]

Awesome fish. Do you think he's 100 % reef safe ?