Beverly
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Thanks, Jonathan and Marc 
For every minute of video that makes the final cut, at least 15 minutes are discarded. It was pure luck that the crab stayed on its back that long for the sake of the music chosen. Often, when I would put it on it's back it would right itself rather quickly. And then there were the times it "played dead" on its back, which was kind of frustrating since what's a video without action
This crab seemed to be a detritus and macroalgae eater. Tried baiting it with scallop and jumbo shrimp pieces a few times without success. Well, part of the problem with the baiting thing might have had something to do with the bait stealer, but on one occasion, the bait was neither stolen nor did it lure the white-backed crab into the trap.
Still think we have more crabs in all three tanks. Think there's one left in the 37g and at least two in the 67g that strip coralline algae. Don't know if these kinds of crabs will eat meaty foods, but I'm counting on it. The hardest thing about baiting the 67g are the two cleaner shrimp who remove the bait. And if the bait is secured to a small rock with onion bag and an elastic, they still get in to dine. I guess that's not so bad as long as I catch the crabs. The 120g appears to also have another macroalgae eater based on finding bits of MA on the tank bottom after the white-backed crab was removed and tank maintenance was done. Arrrgghhh! Ah, well, might be a few more videos in the future if we can lure these crabs into traps
Have had more bait stolen in the 120g since the bait stealing video. Have also had bait slimed in the bait glass in the 37g. Seems we've now got two tanks to figure out where the worms are hiding Worms in both tanks have been seen in action, but they retreat quickly and it's difficult to see the rock to where they retreat. Because they both leave slime on the bait, I strongly suspect oenone worms in both tanks. Here's an old thread of mine about past worm problems....
http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=567910
For every minute of video that makes the final cut, at least 15 minutes are discarded. It was pure luck that the crab stayed on its back that long for the sake of the music chosen. Often, when I would put it on it's back it would right itself rather quickly. And then there were the times it "played dead" on its back, which was kind of frustrating since what's a video without action
This crab seemed to be a detritus and macroalgae eater. Tried baiting it with scallop and jumbo shrimp pieces a few times without success. Well, part of the problem with the baiting thing might have had something to do with the bait stealer, but on one occasion, the bait was neither stolen nor did it lure the white-backed crab into the trap.
Still think we have more crabs in all three tanks. Think there's one left in the 37g and at least two in the 67g that strip coralline algae. Don't know if these kinds of crabs will eat meaty foods, but I'm counting on it. The hardest thing about baiting the 67g are the two cleaner shrimp who remove the bait. And if the bait is secured to a small rock with onion bag and an elastic, they still get in to dine. I guess that's not so bad as long as I catch the crabs. The 120g appears to also have another macroalgae eater based on finding bits of MA on the tank bottom after the white-backed crab was removed and tank maintenance was done. Arrrgghhh! Ah, well, might be a few more videos in the future if we can lure these crabs into traps
Have had more bait stolen in the 120g since the bait stealing video. Have also had bait slimed in the bait glass in the 37g. Seems we've now got two tanks to figure out where the worms are hiding
Worms in both tanks have been seen in action, but they retreat quickly and it's difficult to see the rock to where they retreat. Because they both leave slime on the bait, I strongly suspect oenone worms in both tanks. Here's an old thread of mine about past worm problems....http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=567910
