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650-IS350
09/07/2006, 01:34 PM
Ok.. noticed some weird things about the porcelins..

1. I did not know that they also graze algae... noticed them a night using their pinchers grazing algae and other stuff off the rocks..

2. They eat NORI as well... was feeding my seahare and it came over and was taking pieces of the nori and eating it.

boxfishpooalot
09/07/2006, 02:23 PM
3. they molt every month :D

buzzer
09/07/2006, 02:28 PM
you can hand feed them silversides and they hold on to it as a prized posession

SDguy
09/07/2006, 03:05 PM
The grey ones with orange highlights don't sit in anemones.

wee-reefer
09/07/2006, 03:16 PM
they're the only crabs I like.

Skipper
09/07/2006, 03:45 PM
They have been featured on the cover of Reefkeeping Magazine three different times since its inception: :D

<img src="http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2003-05/images/May03cover.jpg" border="2">

<img src="http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2003-12/images/December03cover.jpg" border="2">

<img src="http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2006-07/images/July06cover.jpg" border="2">

I love these guys!!

boxfishpooalot
09/07/2006, 04:34 PM
They sure are colorfull! I like those tiny crabs that sit inside an anemone. White crab against a purple anemone is just striking!

It looks like the first pic the crab can catch micro-things with its fan?

Skipper
09/07/2006, 04:54 PM
Absolutely! They are plankton feeders.

flyhigh123
09/07/2006, 05:41 PM
they are not really made out of porcelin

edwing206
09/07/2006, 07:06 PM
hahaha good one flyhigh

nosferatu51
09/07/2006, 07:56 PM
That Sixlines find them tasty after they molt....

boomsticks
09/08/2006, 01:34 PM
I find them tasty after they molt