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Posted by Billy on March 29, 2005, 9:36 pm
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> Hi there:
>
> I was reading in Vol.1 of Delbeek and Sprung's The Reef Aquarium,
> that
> one way to rid yourself of unwanted hitchhikers is to put an
> octopus
> in the tank with the live rock, and in short order, it will find
> and
> eat a lot of unwanted stuff, mantis shrimp, etc. Since I've never
> seen an Octopus in my city, are there any other creatures, i.e.
> crabs
> that could perform that function?
>
> thanks,
> quietreef
I can't think of any critter that will only kill HH'ers you don't
want. Anything that will kill and eat a mantis shrimp will likely eat
damn near anything. There are precious few things that commonly show
up in good quality LR that could be called undesireable, and a slew
of good ones. Myself, I just take the chance, and trap the occasional
mantis or crab.
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>
> I was reading in Vol.1 of Delbeek and Sprung's The Reef Aquarium,
> that
> one way to rid yourself of unwanted hitchhikers is to put an
> octopus
> in the tank with the live rock, and in short order, it will find
> and
> eat a lot of unwanted stuff, mantis shrimp, etc. Since I've never
> seen an Octopus in my city, are there any other creatures, i.e.
> crabs
> that could perform that function?
>
> thanks,
> quietreef