86ed from the Tank

[Friday Night]

Sooooooooo I think Edward the emerald crab number is up. I have raised him since he was a lil baby. and now hes a BEAST. Nightime has fallen on the tank.. and i have broke out the flashlight and caught Edward nipping at my sps.. and zoas... maybe cleaning but to much of a dice roll for me..

Everyone say bye to Edward.. on this note how do people feel about inverts and Zoas.. You have them? good bad do share.

[dublo8]

LOL I like the pic. My emerald has never touched a coral a day in his life. Had him almost a year now. How do you kick him out after naming the lil fella?

[kichimark]

haha that pose is reminding me of a movie I saw recently.



goodluck getting him out.


I do not have any shrimp or crabs in my tank

[mallorieGgator]

Took out EVERY red mithrax from my tank because 1) they were eating the skeleton and tissue on my chalices and 2) I caught them pulling at the skirts of the zoas trying to pull polyps off for yummies.

[XSharkboyX]

Originally Posted by kichimark

haha that pose is reminding me of a movie I saw recently.

Lmao... Dude, you don't get out much do you?

I don't trust any crabs in my reef. Over the years I have seen way too many species develop a taste for corals seemingly overnight...

[Dana42078]

My emerald will clean inbetween them at night but not pick at them. He on ocassion go for free food when i feed my sun corals. (rare) i just shoo him away. I do watch my tank alot at night and never noticed anything with him.

on the other hand. I just banished 2 pep shrimp for killing my blaso's and a few acans...cant say they ever really messed with my zoa's tho...CB was always fine too. I have harlequin shrimp what kinda invert u talkin here? Id say dont do camel or pep if u directly feed any corals. My peps were trapped and sent to the dungon! Where lil troble makers get sent to when they are nawtee and they never come back

[MUCHO REEF]

I'm glad you caught and removed him. They can not be trusted with zoanthids. If anyone still has them in their tanks, if they haven't touched your zoas, sooner or later, they will. It doesn't matter how long you have had them. See links and links within the links below.

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/sh...=mucho+emerald

Emerald crabs as juvis, whose shell is less than the diameter of a quarter are herbivores, once their shell reaches the diamter of a quarter, ( adulthood ), they become omnivores. They are excellent grazers. Some have had great success with them with removing bubble algae. But if you are paying hundreds and thousands of dollars for polyps with this meat grinder in your tank, you're gonna find out sooner or later unfortunately as many others have. They are very unpredictable and not to be trusted. Not trying to create a scare, just putting it out there.

Thanks for sharing this Friday Night.

Mucho Reef

[Reef Bass]

So you're Team Jacob now, no more Team Edward?

I love his attitude in the pic. Think there's enough meat in those claws to bother with dropping him in some boiling water and coating his tender flesh with melted butter? It would be the ultimate revenge.

[MUCHO REEF]

Originally Posted by Dana42078

My emerald will clean inbetween them at night but not pick at them. He on ocassion go for free food when i feed my sun corals. (rare) i just shoo him away. I do watch my tank alot at night and never noticed anything with him.

on the other hand. I just banished 2 pep shrimp for killing my blaso's and a few acans...cant say they ever really messed with my zoa's tho...CB was always fine too. I have harlequin shrimp what kinda invert u talkin here? Id say dont do camel or pep if u directly feed any corals. My peps were trapped and sent to the dungon! Where lil troble makers get sent to when they are nawtee and they never come back

Not trying to be smart mouth or anything, but you do know that is not an emerald crab in the pic you provide? Again, no disrespect or trying to make you look bad or anything, but that is Mantis Shrimp.

[Dana42078]

Originally Posted by MUCHO REEF

Not trying to be smart mouth or anything, but you do know that is not an emerald crab in the pic you provide? Again, no disrespect or trying to make you look bad or anything, but that is Mantis Shrimp.

YEa clearly you DIDNT read ANYTHING I typed. Im not even going to dignify ur statement with a response.

[Friday Night]

Originally Posted by kichimark

haha that pose is reminding me of a movie i saw recently.



goodluck getting him out.


I do not have any shrimp or crabs in my tank

tonight we dine in hell!!!!!!!!!!

Well he gets his last meal on sunday then monday morning he get on the bus and gets transferred out. He has a good camper though just this last week starting to pick that corals.... but the tank is spotless

[kichimark]

Originally Posted by Dana42078

My emerald will clean inbetween them at night but not pick at them. He on ocassion go for free food when i feed my sun corals. (rare) i just shoo him away. I do watch my tank alot at night and never noticed anything with him.

on the other hand. I just banished 2 pep shrimp for killing my blaso's and a few acans...cant say they ever really messed with my zoa's tho...CB was always fine too. I have harlequin shrimp what kinda invert u talkin here? Id say dont do camel or pep if u directly feed any corals. My peps were trapped and sent to the dungon! Where lil troble makers get sent to when they are nawtee and they never come back

Wow he/she is beautiful. I have never kept a mantis before. Any special requirements? I am sure the zoas above him feel very safe.

Originally Posted by XSharkboyX

Lmao... Dude, you don't get out much do you?

haha if you only knew what I do and who I meet weekly.

[kichimark]

Originally Posted by Friday Night

tonight we dine in hell!!!!!!!!!!

Thats what that mantis is thinking hahaha

[Dana42078]

Thanks, its a HE. No special requirements. Hes in a 20g. Hes about 5 in. He loves bashing things, ie...live rock, hard corals....bad emerald crabs, or bad pep shrimp, bad snails....u get the idea. Ive had em 3 months now and he's such a smart animal. I wont hijack dood's thread anymore if you want to see more or read more go here
http://www.livingreefs.com/mantis-ta...ld-t30443.html

Sorry your having to get rid of your emerald. Honestly my emerald was the first living thing in my reef tank and hes still there.......my mantis would gladly smash your emerlads face in and eat him for dinner tho. His first dinner was an emerald. =)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grdTw-VVISM

[Friday Night]

And the clicking sound? My buddy had one and for the longest time i was like what duce is that noise... I thought i was loosing my mind.

[Friday Night]

Originally Posted by Reef Bass

So you're Team Jacob now, no more Team Edward?

I love his attitude in the pic. Think there's enough meat in those claws to bother with dropping him in some boiling water and coating his tender flesh with melted butter? It would be the ultimate revenge.

You want him ken? Or anyone in the club? Ill bring him up lol

common look at those claws and that cute smile.

[Dana42078]

Well there can be 2 things that are clicking in your buddies tank. Could also be a pistol shrimp. I have a pistol in my reef tank and if my mantis wasnt so big it would prolly sound the same. When my mantis hits, i can tell its not a pistol shrimp. The vids really dont do it justice seeing as it was done on my iphone. I have more vids of him smashing things on my account. I barley see my pistol so its hard to show u the diff. Usually a pistol's clicking will be quicker....like ...bang..bang. where as a mantis would be like BANG....BANG...

Im going to keeping a close eye on my emerld tho now seeing as im diving into the more expensive Zoa's. Thanks for the heads up! I had no problem trapping mine at night on accident with the gadorade bottle trap. You too should have no issues IMO

[Friday Night]

You know what my bad it was a pistol shrimp come to think of it. But yea keep and eye on crab ;-) i have corals that i have since 97 and that was edwards last straw when he got into those..

[MUCHO REEF]

Originally Posted by Dana42078

YEa clearly you DIDNT read ANYTHING I typed. Im not even going to dignify ur statement with a response.

I read it 3 times. Not sure how I struck a nerve. Just wasn't sure if you knew it was a mantis or not. I certainly wasn't trying to be rude or anything which is why I said so. Sorry if you took it that way.

They are pretty though, wow.

[MUCHO REEF]

Originally Posted by Friday Night

Sooooooooo I think Edward the emerald crab number is up. I have raised him since he was a lil baby. and now hes a BEAST. Nightime has fallen on the tank.. and i have broke out the flashlight and caught Edward nipping at my sps.. and zoas... maybe cleaning but to much of a dice roll for me..

Everyone say bye to Edward.. on this note how do people feel about inverts and Zoas.. You have them? good bad do share.

Do you have a lot of polyps in your tank? Just curious.

[Friday Night]

I do mooch i have a zoa garden in the corner of my tank. I run a system barebottom berlin style. So i can see parts of zoas floating and skipping across the tank floor.

[Dana42078]

Originally Posted by MUCHO REEF

I read it 3 times. Not sure how I struck a nerve. Just wasn't sure if you knew it was a mantis or not. I certainly wasn't trying to be rude or anything which is why I said so. Sorry if you took it that way.

They are pretty though, wow.

ok heres my emerald crab esh..




JKJKJK =)

Here he is





Yea i did, but i just woke up. Sorry wasnt trying to be a ***** or anything. Ive been reefing for a lil while i know a thing or two about a thing or two

I was just saying/showing where the bad inverts go, to the dungon! =)

[Friday Night]

Nice bro! I take it you have plenty of starfish to go around for the shrimp?

[MUCHO REEF]

LOL, good one Dana42078, that first pic made me laugh, good come back though

Hey no problem.

Sorry, didn't get it at first, my bad, and my apologies mate.

Would love to hear more about your reefing experiences too. And thanks for the reply and clarification.

Cheers

[Dana42078]

Originally Posted by Friday Night

Nice bro! I take it you have plenty of starfish to go around for the shrimp?

I had alot of the lil white hitchhikers..forget the name..starts with A

Well i have 2 harlequins in my reef tank. They decimated them. Now i feed them a starfish every week or two. Exspensive but i absolutly LOVE these guys, they glow in my tank sometimes, like they have a ora around them

Originally Posted by MUCHO REEF

LOL, good one Dana42078, that first pic made me laugh, good come back though

Hey no problem.

Sorry, didn't get it at first, my bad, and my apologies mate.

Would love to hear more about your reefing experiences too. And thanks for the reply and clarification.

Cheers

Its cool man, sometimes im edgy...my bad. (no ****)

I have a 46g bowfront mixed reef (11months) 20g mantis tank (3 months)