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15"
get me one that size
 
hah, you're going to have to rip off a hell of a lot more coke machines than what you have been, if you wanna get one of those crays
 
get me one plez
 
you're gonna have to expand your operations; start vandalizing the local arcades. Coke machines are kid stuff man, you need to think big here.
 
ill just start robbing kids
 
guesswho2005 said:
I keep several 3 feet Koi, several 2 feet gold fish. Gold fish are the crab eaters but none will mess with the Aussie
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I would love to see pics of a 2-foot goldfish. I thought they only got 10-12" max.
 
piranha45 said:
red claw crabs are too small, ive lost about 10 of those things due to my cichlids eating them or them crawling out of the tank

There aren't any monster crabs we know of that are available in the hobby, or that you wouldnt have to end up paying a hundred bucks for. Stick with a crayfish.
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Red claw crabs (typically Sesarma sp.), as with fiddlers (Uca spp.) are actually truly brackish and amphibious (both thus requiring, at the least, a haul-out platform or element of emergent décor).

Some of the more fully aquatic Potamonids, as the supposed Potamon sp. depicted http://www.wirbellose.de/arten.cgi?action=show&artNo=035 might work well (though, I must note, they may maim or dispatch fish during their nocturnal rest phases, and - as with all freshwater crustaceans - are somewhat vulnerable to predation whilst and immediately after molting).


Alternatively, one might wish to investigate the following crustaceans:

Aegla[/i]]http://www.wirbellose.de/arten.cgi?action=show&artNo=295


River prawns (Macrobrachium spp.):

Adult male M. rosenbergii (look to the following images) may attain lengths exceeding 60 cm (24 inches).

- http://www.msstate.edu/dept/crec/prawn.jpg
- http://southcenters.osu.edu/aqua/intro/sld013.htm
- http://www.papuaweb.org/gb/foto/muller/ecology/08/

Some aquarist accounts concerning M. rosenbergii:

i was the proud owner of "Louie" i had to give him to a friend of mine because he more than outgrew my 30 gallon tank. i would recommend keeping it alone unless you want it to kill everything. i had a 10" florida gar in the tank momentarily until i got my 55 gallon setup. it was for a very short time. two days later the gar was prawn food.he also ate a pleco, two snails, and my rafael cat. his normal diet was feeders and he loved shrimp pellets. Louie was definitely an awsome shrimp though. i gave him to my buddy to put in his 75g, and on my birthday Louie died :( . he was about 14" of body and about 8" of claw, by far the coolest aquatic pet that i have ever owned.
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(From a now-defunct forum; boldface mine)

I have a blue prawn and
can verify it will catch and eat anything it gets it claws onto. The
LFS failed to warn me about this and I foolishly did the "there's only
one, I should grab it before it's gone" kneejerk purchase. It ate nine
tiger barbs, a whiptail catfish, a skunk, a beta and even a 6" bala
shark. Did I mention this loss was all in about the first three weeks!

They're extremely agressive and complete hogs. I drop in three algae
wapers and he'll find all three and attempt to eat them similtaniously,
even bullying the Pleco to give up the one it's working on. Now Mr.
Snappy is my population control tool for my pair of Convict Cichlids,
added after massive fish losses when I opted to go with agressive
species. The convicts, pleco, skunk and remaining balas all know to
steer clear of him. Convicts seem rather peaceful in comparison. I would
NEVER get another prawn should I loose Mr. Snappy.
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(From http://www.aquarium-forums.com/general/Freshwater_Shrimps_142346.html)

- A truly striking male M. nipponense (apparently 40 cm/16 inches in length) may be viewed at the bottom of http://www.h2.dion.ne.jp/~karo/new_page_14.htm.
 
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i want
 
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