Is this a porcelien crab?

[nanomania]

My tank is a month old, is itnok to add it? I know its a filter feeder. What else to feed them?

 

[mokeyz]

yes.

 

[Betta132]

I wouldn't suggest adding it yet unless your tank is a couple hundred gallons. It's a porcelain crab alright, and they need to filter-feed or they starve, so they do best in established tanks. You can try to release powdered flake food into the current upstream of them via a turkey baster, but your best bet is to wait a few months.

 

[nanomania]

I wouldn't suggest adding it yet unless your tank is a couple hundred gallons. It's a porcelain crab alright, and they need to filter-feed or they starve, so they do best in established tanks. You can try to release powdered flake food into the current upstream of them via a turkey baster, but your best bet is to wait a few months.

Thanks.. will wait then...

 

[BEASTIEPENDENT]

Hey there,

it's a porcelain crab of the genus Petrolisthes. It is omnivorous but not a hunter. You can add it without any danger to your reef and you can feed it with nearly anything: fish flakes, algae, tabs, frozen food"¦ It's something like these here: http://www.reeflex.net/kategorie/121.html#Petrolisthes

 

[nanomania]

Hey there,

it's a porcelain crab of the genus Petrolisthes. It is omnivorous but not a hunter. You can add it without any danger to your reef and you can feed it with nearly anything: fish flakes, algae, tabs, frozen food"¦ It's something like these here: http://www.reeflex.net/kategorie/121.html#Petrolisthes

Many say they dont eat pellets. Also will they hunt small fishes?

 

[BEASTIEPENDENT]

It cannot hunt anything. It surely will feed on carrion but not hunt.

 

[ThRoewer]

I wouldn't suggest adding it yet unless your tank is a couple hundred gallons. It's a porcelain crab alright, and they need to filter-feed or they starve, so they do best in established tanks. You can try to release powdered flake food into the current upstream of them via a turkey baster, but your best bet is to wait a few months.

I have 7 of these in a 25 gallon tank, plus an anemone porcelain crab and no issues. They seem to find plenty to filter out of the water from what I see (I only have flow pumps, not mechanical filter).
I've also seen them scavenge on food the fish miss.
I have also some small gobies in the tank and they didn't do any harm to those either.

 

[nanomania]

Thanks guys

 

[Betta132]

The big claw is weak and doesn't close all the way. They aren't dangerous to anything, though they'll eat dead stuff.

 

[nanomania]

The big claw is weak and doesn't close all the way. They aren't dangerous to anything, though they'll eat dead stuff.

Its jus an old pic, this is the type available here in india.