Porcelin crab - did not know's

[650-IS350]

Ok.. noticed some weird things about the porcelins..

1. I did not know that they also graze algae... noticed them a night using their pinchers grazing algae and other stuff off the rocks..

2. They eat NORI as well... was feeding my seahare and it came over and was taking pieces of the nori and eating it.

 

[boxfishpooalot]

3. they molt every month

 

[buzzer]

you can hand feed them silversides and they hold on to it as a prized posession

 

[SDguy]

The grey ones with orange highlights don't sit in anemones.

 

[wee-reefer]

they're the only crabs I like.

 

[Skipper]

They have been featured on the cover of Reefkeeping Magazine three different times since its inception:

<img src="http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2003-05/images/May03cover.jpg" border="2">

<img src="http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2003-12/images/December03cover.jpg" border="2">

<img src="http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2006-07/images/July06cover.jpg" border="2">

I love these guys!!

 

[boxfishpooalot]

They sure are colorfull! I like those tiny crabs that sit inside an anemone. White crab against a purple anemone is just striking!

It looks like the first pic the crab can catch micro-things with its fan?

 

[Skipper]

Absolutely! They are plankton feeders.

 

[flyhigh123]

they are not really made out of porcelin

 

[edwing206]

hahaha good one flyhigh

 

[nosferatu51]

That Sixlines find them tasty after they molt....

 

[boomsticks]

I find them tasty after they molt