Your Favorite TBS Critters?

[d2mini]

These guys are ALWAYS a treat for me.
The beautiful and entertaining Porcelain Crab.
I love watching them wave their arms, catching debris in their fans.

What's your favorite?

 

[SalinFL]

Love them also! My new fav is a sally lightfoot crab. Creepy but intriguing.

 

[Ambiturner006]

Porcelain crabs are my favorite too. I think I got over a dozen in a 15lb package. Ha.


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[d2mini]

Love them also! My new fav is a sally lightfoot crab. Creepy but intriguing.

I know what you mean.
How about this guy? :eek2:

 

[SalinFL]

What is that? Looks like something from Star Wars

 

[robgonsailing]

Decorator crab... we call ours Megatron since we thought he looked like a Transformer.

 

[d2mini]

I say... Alien.

Here's another one of those.

 

[Ambiturner006]

I say... Alien.

Here's another one of those.

Do you keep yours in your main display?

 

[d2mini]

Do you keep yours in your main display?

Depends. If they stick to sponges and that sort of thing they can stay. If they start walking off with jawbreaker mushrooms... that changes everything. lol

 

[Ambiturner006]

Depends. If they stick to sponges and that sort of thing they can stay. If they start walking off with jawbreaker mushrooms... that changes everything. lol

Agreed!

Mine seems to like zoas, but only specific zoas. Either that or he just likes to clip in waves and I haven't picked up the pattern yet. But he'll go after just one zoa of the multiple types I have until that zoa is obliterated.

I was wondering if there was a way to trick them into going for something that I don't care about. Maybe sticking in some macro algae every now and then just for him or something.

 

[smatter]

My red mithrax is super cool and a busy busy algae eater. I almost took him out with the forceps but only got a leg before I knew he was friendly.

 

[d2mini]

My red mithrax is super cool and a busy busy algae eater. I almost took him out with the forceps but only got a leg before I knew he was friendly.

Yep, pretty cool. Always grazing on something.

 

[smatter]

Great picture! I need a real camera.

 

[Ambiturner006]

Ha. That looks just like my little guy. How big is he? Mine has molted twice in the past few weeks and I'm hoping he doesn't get too much bigger.


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[smatter]

Mine has grown a lot too.

 

[d2mini]

Ha. That looks just like my little guy. How big is he? Mine has molted twice in the past few weeks and I'm hoping he doesn't get too much bigger.


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He's one of the bigger ones.
The sponge is close to racquetball size.

 

[Ambiturner006]

Do you guys feed your critters at all? Or just let them eat leftovers from feeding the fish?

 

[smatter]

Mine get whatever they can when I feed. The mithrax does come right up to the pipette so I always give him a little shot. The porcelains go nuts when I stir up detritus of throw some Goniopower in. I had about three decorators but they all vanished.

 

[d2mini]

These also top my list of favorite TBS hitchhikers.
Can you see the baby Basket Starfish?
Unfortunately they don't tend to last very long in our systems.

 

[smatter]

Neat!