New anemone crab (pics)

[Teen Aquarist]

I got an anemone crab today he is sooooo cool. Any thing I should do for him? What does he eat? Here are some pics:

 

[matrixpb03]

sweet!

 

[j-easy]

that looks neat, how much was it?

 

[rppvt]

they're filter feeders. I'm sure you've seen them "sieving" the water with their net-like front calipers. That means they need pods and rotifer-type zoo-plankton

 

[Teen Aquarist]

$14 its a little much but there hard to find.

 

[j-easy]

could you have a pair of clowns and that guy on the same anemone? or do they each need there own?

 

[Teen Aquarist]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11915761#post11915761 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by rppvt
they're filter feeders. I'm sure you've seen them "sieving" the water with their net-like front calipers. That means they need pods and rotifer-type zoo-plankton

Yes I have seen him fanning the water with feather like arms. Ok I feed marinesnow once a week for my coral will that be enough food? Also I feed the anemone silversides once a week will he attak my hand when i feed it?

 

[Teen Aquarist]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11915785#post11915785 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by j-easy
could you have a pair of clowns and that guy on the same anemone? or do they each need there own?

I have three clowns in my tank but none are in the anemone thats why i got the crab. They will fight if there have one anemone and the clowns would win.

 

[saltycreefer]

$14 is a little much? You may be in the wrong hobby!

 

[j-easy]

so in the future i could get two anemone's, one for the clowns, and one for this little guy, i really like the look of having anemones host stuff.

 

[Teen Aquarist]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11915815#post11915815 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by saltycreefer
$14 is a little much? You may be in the wrong hobby!

Normaly there $6 so the $14 was a little more than normal.

 

[Teen Aquarist]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11915832#post11915832 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by j-easy
so in the future i could get two anemone's, one for the clowns, and one for this little guy, i really like the look of having anemones host stuff.

Anemones are hard to keep so wait untill you have had your tank set up for awhile. Bubble tips are easy to keep, tomato clowns host in them and maroon clowns host in them. My false clowns and pink skunk have not.

 

[camlov2]

I have one that has never found my anemone (in 29 gallons), he is really fun to watch though. I spot feed mysis shrimp for others in my tank, if he gets one he holds it in one claw and rips it apart with the other, I guess you can try mysis as well.