Arrow crab
- Thread starter Namyar
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Gary Majchrzak
Team RC
All crabs are omnivores. They might eat anything. The Arrow Crabs that I've kept would eat worms (all types) including bristleworms and featherdusters. I never saw them bother a coral.
Marcs4020
New member
IMO Arrow crabs are not cool at all lol. A year or so ago I went to the LFS and saw one of those little guys and was enthralled. I came home and resarched it and found them to be reef safe for the most part or to just watch with caution. So the next day I went back and picked it up. I put it in the tank right before my atinics shut off and the moon lights came on so I really didn;t have a chance to view my new pal. So what did I do when the lights turned off you ask? I got out the mag light and tried to see the carb and I found him. It seemed to me that he was trying to make a meal of my firefish. He was at his burrow sticking his claws in and trying to grab him. At this point there was nothing I could do because he was under an over hang of rockwork. So the next morning I woke up and what do you know more "great" news. I found him doing something that looked like eating my zoa's. That was the last straw. I had to take him back. I got out the net and tried to entice him in. He wasn't having it at all. He ran onto my xenia forest and preceeded to grad on while I tried to yank him out. I finally got him in the net and was like great he's finally in the net. While if you notice there legs they act like a spider in that they spread them and try to get themselfs out. So I put my hand over it and man that was a mistake. The Damn thing got me with a claw and holy **** it hurt. So IMO good luck if you get one of these guys. Maybe mine was just ill tempered but I will NEVER get one again. Sorry for the long comment but I had to "let it out"
