sandcrab legs anyone?

[Fuegofish777]

its kind of too late to ask now but how are sandscrabs for mantis food. i was at the beach and brought back a few. My little guy only got the one i skewered yesterday. but two others were released into the tank and as i just looked in to see how he was he was holding another battered sandcrab. Are they a decent food or is that a bad idea?

 

[Msby12]

i put them in my tank and occasionally i see my p. cilata holding one and chowing away! i think they are okay food, and before they are killed, they sift the sand, and i THINK (my theory) they filter the water somewhat!

 

[Fuegofish777]

i did see one feeding last night, it does look like they filter things out of the water, their feeding appendage looks alot like a porcelean crabs'

 

[travisurfer]

Im going to have to get some.

 

[Msby12]

well i know for a fact that they are filter feeders, what i meant was that i think they might help a tank with algae bloom clear up, my lobster loves to eat them, but only one of my p. cilatas eats them

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