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Posted by FU Manchu on June 14, 2005, 4:17 am
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Thanks guys it died.
> Hey everyone! I am new at this so bear with me. The replies to the posts I
> have read are excellent so far so I think this is the right mix of
> aquarists
> to ask. My question is...I have a local fish store who is selling a crab
> called a "Monkey Crab" it is brown with some black wavy stripes through
> the
> whole body and it has a fan-looking tail?!? that tucks under the body.
> Also
> has some blue highlights throughout the body. This makes for an
> interesting
> decorative crab, but I wonder if it will have problems with the boxer
> shrimp
> I have or with with a Mithrax Crab that I have...this is a 10 gallon
> nano-reef and is well established and has many soft and hard coral species
> and plenty of live rock (20 lbs or so) and live sand so I dont think it
> will
> upset its habitat because of the multitudes of tunnels and hidey holes in
> the rockwork. Any previous run-ins with this type of crab would be
> appreciated as I have purchased it (still at store on hold) already. No
> one
> there seems to have kept one before, but the store owner said it should be
> fine...any clues on its aggressiveness or appetite? You folks seem like
> you
> know way more than that store owner.
>
> Thanks
>
>
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> have read are excellent so far so I think this is the right mix of
> aquarists
> to ask. My question is...I have a local fish store who is selling a crab
> called a "Monkey Crab" it is brown with some black wavy stripes through
> the
> whole body and it has a fan-looking tail?!? that tucks under the body.
> Also
> has some blue highlights throughout the body. This makes for an
> interesting
> decorative crab, but I wonder if it will have problems with the boxer
> shrimp
> I have or with with a Mithrax Crab that I have...this is a 10 gallon
> nano-reef and is well established and has many soft and hard coral species
> and plenty of live rock (20 lbs or so) and live sand so I dont think it
> will
> upset its habitat because of the multitudes of tunnels and hidey holes in
> the rockwork. Any previous run-ins with this type of crab would be
> appreciated as I have purchased it (still at store on hold) already. No
> one
> there seems to have kept one before, but the store owner said it should be
> fine...any clues on its aggressiveness or appetite? You folks seem like
> you
> know way more than that store owner.
>
> Thanks
>
>