Horse shoe crabs
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BIGgourami;2873691; said:seriously?
SERIOUSLY!!!!!I have a photo in my book of one but it is crap,,,,they should have used your photo!!!!
What's the go with these things? Ok for reef? Not predatory? Max size?
Sorry for all the Q's but i really am interested!
they are scavegers, but if youre doing things right there shouldn't be too much dead stuff in the tank 
they are ok for reef that are either large enough to A) house them and B) diffuse the sand they kick up so it doesn't damage coral
so far he hasn't been predatory at all, though my jawfish doesn't think too highly of him
they get REALLY big but grow slow, i've seen some in the atlantic that were easily 2 feet long
they are ok for reef that are either large enough to A) house them and B) diffuse the sand they kick up so it doesn't damage coral
so far he hasn't been predatory at all, though my jawfish doesn't think too highly of him
they get REALLY big but grow slow, i've seen some in the atlantic that were easily 2 feet long
I have had mixed success with horseshoe crabs. The ones that did live longer (a year) were being target fed krill. He never seemed to eat the whole thing, but would sit on top of it for awhile gnawing I suspect. The real root of the problem is that I didnt have a big enough aquarium (it was a 55, with one niger trigger) and so that they ate all the natural detritus food out of the sand that they are accustomed to. Probably not a good idea unless you have a huge tank anyways, based on how big they get in the end. Also wreck havoc on the rockwork. Knock it over every chance they get. 
