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11/16/2018, 03:38 PM | #1 |
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Reef safe crabs?????
so i ordered blue legged crabs..I got some that are twice the size as the small blue legs we see lately and they are called AFRICAN REEF CRABS..
The supplier is telling me they are REEF SAFE... Can anyone confirm??? I have never seen these before and I have some bloody expensive corals.... ????? Input pls Thx people! Tim
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11/16/2018, 07:15 PM | #3 |
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None depending on what "safe" means to you.
if I had to, blues and emerald. |
11/16/2018, 07:44 PM | #4 |
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I had an emerald crab and day 1 he cut 1 of my corals in half haha
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11/17/2018, 08:37 AM | #5 |
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11/17/2018, 10:16 PM | #7 |
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I use snails for algae, Mexican for RED, Atrea for GREEN, Nar's for the sand.
I would love to have crabs but I have a lot of corals, to risky for me. |
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11/18/2018, 03:07 PM | #9 | |
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A snail leave? Interesting. Nope, never in 25 years, a crab, maybe. Love snails, 10 Nar's, 5 Mexican Turbs, 20 Astrea, in a 70. They are the only CUC members I trust long term. If you ever get Red Hair Algae and want it gone, Mexican Turbos are just amazing, 5 cleared several patches of RHA in two weeks. And mean GONE! Astrea seem lazier than Mexican at consuming green so I use a lot more. Last edited by Uncle99; 11/18/2018 at 03:13 PM. |
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11/18/2018, 04:41 PM | #10 |
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yup I also won't have hermits or crabs in my reef tank. they've torn up coral and kill snails
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