crabs

[fishiee]

which shop sells crabs (reborn? aquamarin tanjong?) i am looking at hermit crabs and normal crabs that eat ALGAE, (the brown algae problem in my tank has now cleared and i have hair algae now; sadly, my toothbrush does not work on those)!!! (been looking at the Scarlet Red Hermit and the Emerald Mithrax Crab) can you also give me the rough estimate of the price? What is the population density recommnded for a 2 foot tank?

[yikai]

Emerald mithrax crabs are aggressive and will attack fish when adult i think. crabs are opportunistic. persnonally never seen it in LFS before...very very rare i think.

get snails. they're better

[albinosage]

Emerald mithrax crabs are aggressive and will attack fish when adult i think. crabs are opportunistic. persnonally never seen it in LFS before...very very rare i think.

get snails. they're better

Actually most snails will leave hair algae alone, especially the ones that grow too long. But crabs are evil, so you've got to decide if you want to take the risk

Alternatively you can buy fishes that feed on hair algae, lawnmower blenny comes to mind. However, you've got to plan for it's diet once the hair algae is all gone.

[fishiee]

thanks, can you all tell me where to buy the crabs (i.e. which shop regularly stocks crabs)? i will consult the fish shop owners more when i decide to buy from them.

[Solo77]

CF has regular supply for scarlet hermit, electric blue legged hermit, porcelain crab(spelling error), etc. AM should have sally light crab. Ah beng side should have those cute red crab....

[yikai]

CF has regular supply for scarlet hermit, electric blue legged hermit, porcelain crab(spelling error), etc. AM should have sally light crab. Ah beng side should have those cute red crab....

CF has all the crabs u want except pom pom and mithrax.

btw, solo bro. ur spelling is correct

[hermitcrab]

Hi Fishiee

AM tanjong katong have some blue legged hermit crabs and some normal brown colour hermit crabs, an advice if you want to keep hermitcrab, get/buy some slightly bigger empty shells, once hermitcrab outgrow their existing shell, they need to change shell.

Hermitcrab do not live forever, lifespan is between 2-3years. Like all crabs and shrimp, they need vitamins for them to molt properly, for me, i add iodine and calcium.

[fishiee]

if 'CF' coralfarm aquaristic in lim chu kang? only maine fish shop on my google earth that matches the initials.

[yikai]

if 'CF' coralfarm aquaristic in lim chu kang? only maine fish shop on my google earth that matches the initials.

yes. lim chu kang. its a farm.

[iskay]

Ah Beng brings in different types of crabs. Sally light foots are good algae eaters

[TFMANIAC]

from my limited experience, some turbo snails, a few hermits and a 4 monthly change of Anti-Phos helps keep the algae away.