I want acro crabs!

[oneradtek202]

i heard they were good to have, fending off pests and protecting the acro colonies. any ideas where to get them? and if they do well in aquariums?

 

[Johnny C]

They are great to have, mainly because they defend the Acropora from pests. IME they usually come in with Maricultured pieces. I have a few but they are very small so I rarely see them. I think LiveAquaria sells them seperately, but I'd be willing to bet you can find an Acro locally with one on it. Just gotta look real hard. Be careful not to buy a fuzzy crab, those eat the coral. HTH

 

[Piazzon12]

you can buy them from liveaquaria.com

 

[toddmh]

haha I had one,wasen't sure what it was so I killed it Ohh well better safe than sorry

 

[wetbehindears]

From my expierence anything that constantly bothers a coral is not a good thing long term.

 

[dan10342]

From my expierence anything that constantly bothers a coral is not a good thing long term.

I've only seen good things from acro crabs when they inhabit an acro colony.

.... now frags on the other hand... not sure how frags would respond to their crab friends.

 

[sedorusc]

basically every piece of sps I received from bluezooaquatics.com had one.

 

[magdelan]

Be careful not to buy a fuzzy crab, those eat the coral. HTH

Beware of crabs with red eyes too (for real).

Red eyes=stoned=munchies=not good for corals. (not for real...yet amusing)

 

[thebanker]

I got an acro from Pacific Aqua Farms that has a small crab in it. It's not fuzzy, it's smooth and matches the coloration of the colony. Is it an acro crab? It doesn't seem to bother the coral at all.

 

[toddmh]

I got an acro from Pacific Aqua Farms that has a small crab in it. It's not fuzzy, it's smooth and matches the coloration of the colony. Is it an acro crab? It doesn't seem to bother the coral at all.

I think most good ones have a bandit mask across their eyes..

 

[moatdaddy]

got mine from saltwaterfish on a maricultured species. Definitly not that small and i like the little guy a lot.