The Biffster Micro Tank

[sorgan]

If it was cured and you had little die off then you won't get any readings, what I would do is test a few times over the next week and if you don't get any spikes then alls good.

Don't w/c ATM as you want to see if your water chemistry will change.

 

[the biffster]

If it was cured and you had little die off then you won't get any readings, what I would do is test a few times over the next week and if you don't get any spikes then alls good.

Don't w/c ATM as you want to see if your water chemistry will change.

cheers sorgan i appreciate the info i will
keep an eye on things

 

[the biffster]

we have got some micro feather duster
so small i cant take a photo of them
and the tank as cleared right up

 

[the biffster]

think i got a gorilla crab it doesn't
stay still enough to take a photo of
sorry about the photos

 

[the biffster]

do you know i put this together for less
than £100 i dont think i done to bad
might go and have a look at some more
stuff today

 

[razer121]

that is good! nothing like a cheap marine tank, i've wanted one for ages...

 

[seffieuk]

that is good! nothing like a cheap marine tank, i've wanted one for ages...

'Cheap marine tank' not sure there is any such thing

Seffie x

 

[the biffster]

if any one could do it
cheaper i would like to see it
saffie i know the photos are not that good could you
identify the crab that as come in on the rock

 

[sorgan]

Shell looks almost Mithrax shaped.
Has it got hairy back legs and what are it's claws shaped like.
I tend not to worry about crabs, usually as long as they have food they seem happy to live with other stuff, if they get hungry however they will try to eat anything.

 

[the biffster]

Shell looks almost Mithrax shaped.
Has it got hairy back legs and what are it's claws shaped like.
I tend not to worry about crabs, usually as long as they have food they seem happy to live with other stuff, if they get hungry however they will try to eat anything.

cheers sorgan t our lass said its
just as you described it what do i feed it on
and how often

 

[sorgan]

Wasn't an I'D really, there are 1000's of kinds of crab that look the same and stowaway on LR.
Mostly these crabs just get called reef crabs but there are s few things that I look to see to check if he's gonna cause grief.

No1 look at the claws, if they are massive and look Luke they are made for ripping fish apart there is a fair chance that is what they are in fact used for, if they are smaller and socketed (google mithrax crab claw) then the bulk of their diet will likely me algae.

No2 if it isn't a mithrax and it has hairy legs it may grow into a teddy bear crab - this isn't a nice thing.

No3 watch it like a hawk for a few days, try to feed it and see what it does cos at the end of the day one crab may be a killer whilst it's brother is a gentle old salty soul,

If your to worried just whip him out and take him to your LFS, they tend to deal with em in one off 3 ways

Sell if they can (people do buy them)
Sump if they can't sell
Feed them to puffers/mantis/trigs if they don't want to sump him.

The above is what I was told about by family of crabs, I've let them be and they seem to be behaving.

 

[the biffster]

what do they eat

 

[sorgan]

Anything and everything, look http/www.chucksaddiction.com/hitchcrabs.html there for a better ID

 

[the biffster]

Anything and everything, look http/www.chucksaddiction.com/hitchcrabs.html there for a better ID

first one on that page and our lass said thats the
one ooh he'll have to go then still need to feed to stop
him from eating my polyps dam and blast

 

[razer121]

Wasn't an I'D really, there are 1000...snip...

Going to ask abit of a silly one but, what do you mean by "sump him"