Horse shoe crabs?

[Aquarist007]

any one have an opinion on whether or not horse shoe crabs are reef safe?

 

[greenbean36191]

Not a chance. They eat small worms and mollusks they find in the sand so they need lots of room just to find their food. On top of that they have to have a lot of space because they have to keep walking in order to eat it. That's not an easy thing for an animal their size to do. They can get to almost 2 feet long, though they'll die long before that in a reef tank. Even when they're small they're really clumsy and can knock over corals and even LR. They're temperate animals too, so while they can stand reef temps, they aren't ideal.

 

[Aquarist007]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11250965#post11250965 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by greenbean36191
Not a chance. They eat small worms and mollusks they find in the sand so they need lots of room just to find their food. On top of that they have to have a lot of space because they have to keep walking in order to eat it. That's not an easy thing for an animal their size to do. They can get to almost 2 feet long, though they'll die long before that in a reef tank. Even when they're small they're really clumsy and can knock over corals and even LR. They're temperate animals too, so while they can stand reef temps, they aren't ideal.

Greenbean--please don't even ask how it got in there without being quarantined:eek2:
but its in there --buried in the sand bed. How do I get it out---will it surface eventually--its about the size of a silver dollar.

 

[3mm3]

I found out the hard way they eat plate corals

 

[bignick]

I put one in my 210. I saw it about a month later and haven't seen it since. I suppose if i went looking for it i could find but as of right now i wait till i see it again.

 

[Aquarist007]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11256006#post11256006 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by bignick
I put one in my 210. I saw it about a month later and haven't seen it since. I suppose if i went looking for it i could find but as of right now i wait till i see it again.

has it been relatively reef safe so far?