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Poll: Favorite Crab
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OTHER: Acro Crabs (SPS crabs)
They protect the corals, they may fight off pests to a degree, they're amazing looking, they don't cause havoc or get big enough to opportunistically eat a small fish.. Lots to like!
They protect the corals, they may fight off pests to a degree, they're amazing looking, they don't cause havoc or get big enough to opportunistically eat a small fish.. Lots to like!
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Is there a trustworthy online supplier you use? I had looked at adding pocilopora crabs, but also read that can be hard to differentiate between good or bad crabs. And live aquaria lists acro/poci crabs together but then other sites say they are coral species specific?
Live Aquaria differentiate them, unless something has changed recently.
otherwise, find a shop that gets wild pieces and will allow you to help remove them (they'd probably have to know you very well)
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That's the first one I looked for. Decent color variety as well. If you have a nice sized colony with compact growth they'll thrive. Cool to see the claws pop out from branches during feeding time. Seem fragile and easily picked off by the wrong wrasse/fish.
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I have only had emeralds and hermits, but I enjoy the look of porcelain crabs. I have always wanted one. I'm about done with my hermits though :mad:
Other, Alaskan King crabs....with melted butter.
I love porcelain crabs, unfortunately they can be opportunistic as well, and have been known (albeit uncommon) to take fish.
The only crab i trust are the tiny acro crabs that max out under an inch and couldn't take any fish! lol.
They're so cool, i'm enamored by the suckers. My corals aren't big enough for them yet, I keep fragging things for friends
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Sally lightfoots are my favorite simply because of how they act. They are also pretty big which is cool and they have a very aggressive feeding response which make them fun to feed.
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Emerald crab because I have two that eat cyanobacteria 
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Okay...I added this one...probably should have been included originally. Go change your vote @Rakie
Other, Alaskan King crabs....with melted butter.
Although I agree, they're not making the cut this time...lol.
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It's so weird that this thread popped up when it did. I JUST spotted one in my garf bonsai colony. I will try to get a pic when I get home from work, but this is exactly what it looks like:
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We love our porcelain crab, he's mostly white and we call him the Night King (from Game of Thrones), lol. Its so entertaining watching him hold his arms up in the air to filter the water.
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For CUC, this is my favorite crab, the Halloween Hermit. For just the cool factor alone, I think Arrow crabs are really neat.
One of my favorites -- A very simple pattern but a beauty in it's simplicity. The speckled ones are nice too, but that one is a personal fav.
I could maybe do like... One hermit. Just to have one. But he'd eat all my small snails so, no pinchy pets in the sand box
