snowpetals Posted May 9, 2014 Report Share Posted May 9, 2014 Here's my shrimp forest. My crab is lurking somewhere in the moss. He's not so photogenic. Hope you guys like. h4n and Louie 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc4PC2 Posted May 9, 2014 Report Share Posted May 9, 2014 very cool! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ctaylor3737 Posted May 13, 2014 Report Share Posted May 13, 2014 Nice, I love to have overgrown tanks, sometimes they are cool everytime you look you spot a new shrimp you havent seen lol. My cherry tank looks like there is only 10-15 in there but really there are close to 200 lol. Once you move the moss a little you see an explosion of color it is great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OblongShrimp Posted May 13, 2014 Report Share Posted May 13, 2014 what kind of crab do you have in there? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowpetals Posted May 13, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 13, 2014 I love having lots of plants- the critters are happy with all the hiding places and I always see new things everytime I look at it. I have a thai micro crab. ctaylor3737 and Louie 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louie Posted May 14, 2014 Report Share Posted May 14, 2014 How do you like your micro crab as far as active, you see him , doesn't bother the shrimp ? I read about them some time ago in TFH magazine . They seemed rather delicate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowpetals Posted May 14, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 14, 2014 I see him maybe 1 or 2x a week- he only comes out at night. I wouldn't say he's delicate at all- he's kind of territorial. and angry. in a harmless, cute kind of way. He has his hole in the driftwood and he never ventures far from it to forage. The shrimp are too big and fast to be bothered by him (even the babies), the snails figure out pretty quick he's psychotic but they're 3x his size and mr. crabs is no match for them. woopderson 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louie Posted May 15, 2014 Report Share Posted May 15, 2014 Lol that is some crab. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
countryboy12484 Posted May 20, 2014 Report Share Posted May 20, 2014 I keep a few micro crabs in with my fire reds.... rarely see them.... they like to hide under my almond leaf Sent from my SCH-I200 using Tapatalk Louie 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ctaylor3737 Posted May 23, 2014 Report Share Posted May 23, 2014 I would like to get some of these. Any suggestions? -Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
countryboy12484 Posted May 28, 2014 Report Share Posted May 28, 2014 Just treat them like shrimp is my best advice.. ive never been able to find any solid info on them Derek Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ctaylor3737 Posted May 30, 2014 Report Share Posted May 30, 2014 Just treat them like shrimp is my best advice.. ive never been able to find any solid info on them Derek Where did you get yours? -Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louie Posted May 30, 2014 Report Share Posted May 30, 2014 countryboy, Do they get along? I was under the impression that they were territorial . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
countryboy12484 Posted May 30, 2014 Report Share Posted May 30, 2014 I wouldn't say they are... they do seem to like there space.... if a shrimp gets too close ive seen the take like a defensive posture... claws in the air and try to look big and scary... but ive never seen a physical confrontation. . I had the in a tank with glowlight tetras and I did see one slap a tetras in the face but it was purely defensive. .. so my conclusion is aggressive no... brave yes lol Derek Louie 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
countryboy12484 Posted May 30, 2014 Report Share Posted May 30, 2014 Basically ive never seen them claim territory... but if something gets in there face they will stand there ground.... Derek Louie 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ctaylor3737 Posted May 30, 2014 Report Share Posted May 30, 2014 Yea I checked the ones out on Bob good price. Seems he has free shipping on them to. Might have to try a few would be interesting to watch. -Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
countryboy12484 Posted May 30, 2014 Report Share Posted May 30, 2014 They are very fragile I had to take a my driftwood out to re do the moss on it and didnt realize one was hiding in a crack... he took like a 3 ft drop and died a few days later... I wanna do a species tank for them but to make it interesting I would halft to buy like $200 worth of crabs lol Derek Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louie Posted June 1, 2014 Report Share Posted June 1, 2014 They do seem interesting , I might try a couple. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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